To Understand The Machinery of Life, A UArizona Scientist Breaks It On Purpose

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A group of astrobiologists, led by UArizona' Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology associate professor and BIO5 member Dr. Betül Kaçar, hope to find clues about how life emerged by tinkering with some of life's oldest components. In a recent paper they reported an unexpected discovery, hinting at an effect that prevents organisms from ever reaching evolutionary perfection