Researchers show DNA scaffolds activate pre‑life chemistry

- Lab teams demonstrated that DNA‑like scaffolds and physical cycles can activate chemical systems that resemble steps toward early life, without full biological replication. (x.com) - Their experiments found freezing/thawing cycles plus simple template scaffolds and protein‑like catalysts promoted assembly and template‑free copying in controlled setups. (x.com) - If reproducible, the work supports models where primitive DNA/RNA scaffolds organized chemistry before modern genetic replication evolved. (x.com)