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  1. Early in the #evolution of life a biochemical network was encapsulated within a membrane compartment. This study shows that specific #membrane forms can select for stereochemical compounds that match the pattern of #stereochemistry used by all known living things @PLOSBiology plos.io/4jdyLh1

  2. "Pasteur not only made milk safe to drink, he established the germ theory of disease, saved the French silkworm population, confronted the scourges of anthrax and rabies, and transformed the curiosity of vaccination against smallpox into a general strategy for treating and preventing human diseases."

    Pasteur ranks behind only Darwin among the most exceptional biological scientists of the 19th century."

    #LouisPasteur #Pasteur #Microbiology #Stereochemistry
    #Bicentennial

    sciencenews.org/article/louis-