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František Baluška1, Guenther Witzany.
Abstract
In a recently published article Sydney Brenner argued that the most relevant scientific revolution in biology at his time was the breakthrough of the role of "information" in biology. The fundamental concept that integrates this new biological "information" with matter and energy is the universal Turing machine and von Neumann's self-reproducing machines. In this article we demonstrate that in contrast to Turing/von Neumann machines living cells can really reproduce themselves. Additionally current knowledge on the roles of non-coding RNAs indicates a radical violation of the central dogma of molecular biology and opens the way to a new revolution in life sciences.Entities:
Keywords: History of science; Information; Non-coding RNAs; Paradigm shift
Year: 2013 PMID: 23710294 PMCID: PMC3654106 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v4.i2.13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Biol Chem ISSN: 1949-8454