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Nature 437, 1239 (27 October 2005) | doi:10.1038/4371239a; Published online 26 October 2005

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Concept Exploring life's sweet spot

Peter H. Seeberger1

  1. Peter H. Seeberger is at the Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland; and at the Burnham Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

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