Did 'midwife molecule' assemble first life on Earth?

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Did 'midwife molecule' assemble first life on Earth?
Source: New Scientist
Wednesday 10th March, 2010

gave birth to life on Earth may have had an extra, previously unrecognised ingredient: a "molecular midwife" that played a crucial role in allowing the first large biomolecules to assemble from their ... ...

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