title: At the dawn of a new revolution in life sciences.
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.
authors.affiliation: František Baluška, IZMB, University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: František
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Baluška
authors.forename: Guenther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Witzany
keywords: History of science; Information; Non-coding RNAs; Paradigm shift