{"666327":{"#nid":"666327","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How did life begin? One key ingredient is coming into view ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBillions of years ago, before there were beasts, bacteria or any living organism, there were RNAs. These molecules were probably swirling around with amino acids and other rudimentary biomolecules, merging and diverging, on an otherwise lifeless crucible of a planet. Did one of those biomolecules lead to the development of\u0026nbsp;\u0026#39;protoribosomes\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;that would work their\u0026nbsp;magic to\u0026nbsp;kickstart\u0026nbsp;life on early Earth? An Israeli biologist won a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for that theory. That scientist\u0026nbsp;and another in Japan say they\u0026#39;re\u0026nbsp;closing\u0026nbsp;in on building that protoribosome in their labs. \u003Cem\u003ENature\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Easked scientists to weigh in on that prospect, and one of them is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cool.gatech.edu\/people\/petrov-anton\u0022\u003EAnton Petrov\u003C\/a\u003E, research scientist and evolutionary biologist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/anton-petrov\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E. Petrov is also a member of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cool.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECenter for the Origins of Life\u003C\/a\u003E (COOL).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-03-01 18:22:27","changed_gmt":"2023-03-01 21:12:49","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-00574-4","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-03-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"192245","name":"Center for the Origins of Life"},{"id":"179710","name":"Anton Petrov"},{"id":"6730","name":"ribosome"},{"id":"984","name":"RNA"},{"id":"192244","name":"protoribosome"},{"id":"3028","name":"evolution"},{"id":"136661","name":"origins of life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}