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...chemists synthesize life? Not quite yet. But famed Biochemist Gerhard Schramm of the Max Planck Institute for Virus Research at Tubingen, Germany, is coming remarkably close. Last month he told a conference at Munich that he has managed with simple chemicals to build nucleic acid, the most vital compound in living organisms-and he used the same processes that are thought to have created the first life on earth...
When Watson and Crick began their research in England, DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) had already been identified as the genetic substance of cells. Information on its chemical composition suggested that it was a very long, thin molecule made up of sugar groups (deoxyribose), phosphate groups, and nitrogen-containing "bases." Further, X-ray diffraction patterns of fibrous DNA indicated that the form of the molecule was a double helix...
Moolten's paper-- The Effect of Thyroxin on Nucleic Acid and Protein Metabolism in House Thyrotropic Pituitary Tumors"--was one of six presented at the 22nd annual undergraduate assembly of the Harvard Medical Society...
Euglena gracille, a simple, one-celled organism--used in the laboratory to measure the level of vitamin B-12 in the blood of anemic patients--is now being employed in studies to determine the effect of metal deficiencies on nucleic acid and protein metabolism...
...fourteenth year at Harvard, Doty has made other significant contributions in the area of protein synthesis. In addition to his work with DNA, he is currently examining the role of RNA, the other nucleic acid, which is believed to contribute to protein synthesis by controlling the unwinding of the genetic information carried...