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Offline Ironchew

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Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« on: April 30, 2014, 01:55:21 am »
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Another piece of the puzzle for abiogenesis has been demonstrated in the laboratory. A simulation of Archean-era ocean water near a hydrothermal vent shows that at least glycolysis and the phosphate pentose pathway can spontaneously arise outside of living cells, mediated by ions in the water instead of enzymes.

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The 29 observed reactions include the formation and/or interconversion of glucose, pyruvate, the nucleic acid precursor ribose‐5‐phosphate and the amino acid precursor erythrose‐4‐phosphate

Creationists are having more and more trouble bringing up the old canard of "irreducible complexity" in honest discussion.
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Re: Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2014, 09:08:53 am »
Take that, creationists!   ;D
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Re: Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2014, 09:57:12 am »
I don't really fully understand everything I just read but I can still tell it's fucking awesome.
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Re: Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2014, 11:00:26 am »
That is really fascinating, and now let's see if it is replicable in other labs - which I've no doubt is happening/happened already, and if the next discovery will be looking at prion formation to protein synthesis, forming large enough protein strands, leading to materials that lead to cell walls.
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Re: Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2014, 05:20:13 pm »
What's in this for me?
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Re: Spontaneous metabolism outside of cells discovered
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2014, 09:43:51 pm »
Quote from: Old Viking on April 30, 2014, 05:20:13 pm
What's in this for me?
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