By Xeno
Scientists in Scotland are undertaking pioneering research to create life from inorganic chemicals.
All life on earth is based on organic biology – in the form of carbon compounds – but the inorganic world is considered to be inanimate.
A team from Glasgow University has demonstrated a new way of making inorganic chemical cells.
The aim is to create self-replicating, evolving inorganic cells which could be used in medicine and chemistry.
The project is being led by Professor Lee Cronin from the university’s College of Science and Engineering.
He said: “What we are trying do is create self-replicating, evolving, inorganic cells that would essentially be alive. You could call it inorganic biology.”
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