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RNA strand that nearly self-replicates could unlock life’s origin

A 45-nucleotide strand of RNA can now synthesize both its mirror-image complement and a copy of itself, bringing scientists ...
Nature

Retraction Note: Oligoarginine peptides slow strand annealing and assist non-enzymatic RNA replication

We the authors are retracting this Article because our efforts to repeat and follow up on the results have been unsuccessful. Specifically, we have been unable to reproduce observations suggesting ...