The development of Chinese space science and technology plays a great role in promoting the researches in the field of the origin of life.With the multidisciplinary cooperation,there are fruitful achievements in this ...The development of Chinese space science and technology plays a great role in promoting the researches in the field of the origin of life.With the multidisciplinary cooperation,there are fruitful achievements in this research field obtained over the past two years.This report summarizes the major progress of the basic researches about the origin of life in China during 2018–2020.展开更多
The aim of this paper is to focus on the ethical issues raised by the removal of anonymity from sperm donors. The increasing currency of a ＇right to genetic truth＇ is clearly visible in the drive to revise the legis...The aim of this paper is to focus on the ethical issues raised by the removal of anonymity from sperm donors. The increasing currency of a ＇right to genetic truth＇ is clearly visible in the drive to revise the legislation on donor anonymity in Western and European countries. The ethical debate is polarized between the ＇right to privacy＇ of the donor or parent and the ＇right to know＇ of the prospective child. However, it is evident that religious, social and cultural attitudes have an overarching impact on attitudes towards sperm donation generally and anonymity specifically. In Asian countries, the social and cultural heritage is hugely diverse and different from those of the West. This review considers the research exploring the complexity of ethical issues informing this debate, and argues that parent＇s decisions to reveal donor insemination origins to their children are highly complex and relate to a range of social and cultural attitudes that have not been addressed within the policy to remove anonymity from sperm donors.展开更多
Prebiotic peptide synthesis and the origin of the genetic code are central issues concerning the origin of life.The question of how they are possibly correlated on the primordial Earth remains perplexing,although nume...Prebiotic peptide synthesis and the origin of the genetic code are central issues concerning the origin of life.The question of how they are possibly correlated on the primordial Earth remains perplexing,although numerous experiments have been carried out to explain the prebiotic chemistry of peptide synthesis and the genetic code origin.The purpose of this article is to review the chemical reactions occurred during the synthesis of peptides and the origin of the genetic code in the early Earth aqueous environment.Meanwhile,we attempt to review their relationship as well.At last,from our perspective,the chiral properties of biomolecules should be taken into account in the prebiotic chemical scenarios,which may contribute to some breakthroughs in the further research of this field.展开更多
文摘The development of Chinese space science and technology plays a great role in promoting the researches in the field of the origin of life.With the multidisciplinary cooperation,there are fruitful achievements in this research field obtained over the past two years.This report summarizes the major progress of the basic researches about the origin of life in China during 2018–2020.
文摘The aim of this paper is to focus on the ethical issues raised by the removal of anonymity from sperm donors. The increasing currency of a ＇right to genetic truth＇ is clearly visible in the drive to revise the legislation on donor anonymity in Western and European countries. The ethical debate is polarized between the ＇right to privacy＇ of the donor or parent and the ＇right to know＇ of the prospective child. However, it is evident that religious, social and cultural attitudes have an overarching impact on attitudes towards sperm donation generally and anonymity specifically. In Asian countries, the social and cultural heritage is hugely diverse and different from those of the West. This review considers the research exploring the complexity of ethical issues informing this debate, and argues that parent＇s decisions to reveal donor insemination origins to their children are highly complex and relate to a range of social and cultural attitudes that have not been addressed within the policy to remove anonymity from sperm donors.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.91856126,42003062,21778042 and 41876072)the Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Provinee(Xiamen University).
文摘Prebiotic peptide synthesis and the origin of the genetic code are central issues concerning the origin of life.The question of how they are possibly correlated on the primordial Earth remains perplexing,although numerous experiments have been carried out to explain the prebiotic chemistry of peptide synthesis and the genetic code origin.The purpose of this article is to review the chemical reactions occurred during the synthesis of peptides and the origin of the genetic code in the early Earth aqueous environment.Meanwhile,we attempt to review their relationship as well.At last,from our perspective,the chiral properties of biomolecules should be taken into account in the prebiotic chemical scenarios,which may contribute to some breakthroughs in the further research of this field.
