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We May Finally Know How The First Cells on Earth Formed

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The prebiotic emergence of protocells is an important part of chemical origin of life. This study shows that cyclic-phospholipids formed from fatty acids and glycerol could have played a role by generating a heterogeneous library of vesicles with diverse morphologies and tolerance to a range of metal ions, temperature, and pH.

https://www.cell.com/chem/abstract/S2451-9294(24)00069-X

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