by Graciela Flores
NEWS ANALYSIS	Volcano gas, amino acids make peptides Email: Graciela Flores - graciela_flores@nasw.org News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20041008-02 Published   8 October 2004

In an experiment that closely simulated conditions likely to have been present in the primitive Earth, bubbling simple volcanic gas into a solution containing amino acids brought about the formation of peptides, according to a study published this week in Science. The study, critics agree, is a major step forward in deciphering the chemistry of the transformation of monomers into polymers in the early Earth.

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