{"682337":{"#nid":"682337","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"New Research Challenges 160-Year-Old Long-Standing Origin of Life Theory","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a study published in \u003Cem\u003EChem\u003C\/em\u003E, scientists from Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology question the validity of the \u201cformose reaction\u201d hypothesis. This hypothesis proposes that simple formaldehyde molecules reacted under early Earth conditions to form ribose. But the new findings reveal a key limitation: under controlled experimental conditions, the formose reaction does not yield linear sugars like ribose. Instead, it predominantly produces branched sugar structures, which are incompatible with the formation of RNA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur results cast doubt on the formose reaction as the basis for the formation of linear sugars,\u201d says co-senior author \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/charles-liotta\u0022\u003ECharles Liotta\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor Emeritus in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a study published in \u003Cem\u003EChem\u003C\/em\u003E, scientists from Scripps Research and the Georgia Institute of Technology question the validity of the \u201cformose reaction\u201d hypothesis. This hypothesis proposes that simple formaldehyde molecules reacted under early Earth conditions to form ribose. But the new findings reveal a key limitation: under controlled experimental conditions, the formose reaction does not yield linear sugars like ribose. Instead, it predominantly produces branched sugar structures, which are incompatible with the formation of RNA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur results cast doubt on the formose reaction as the basis for the formation of linear sugars,\u201d says co-senior author \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/charles-liotta\u0022\u003ECharles Liotta\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Professor Emeritus in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-05-12 20:42:44","changed_gmt":"2025-05-16 16:23:44","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"SciTechDaily","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/new-research-challenges-160-year-old-long-standing-origin-of-life-theory\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-05-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"9854","name":"Origin Of Life"},{"id":"192250","name":"cos-microbial"}],"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":""}}}