title: GE Prize-winning essay. The emergence of cells during the origin of life.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA 02115, USA. ichen@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Irene A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002477:Cells; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry; D008954:Models, Biological; D000069497:Origin of Life; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D012313:RNA; D016337:RNA, Catalytic
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008081:Liposomes; D016337:RNA, Catalytic; D012313:RNA