RNA: Lecture Series Archive

The Double Life of RNA—The 1995 Webcast Lectures

Presented by HHMI investigator and Nobel laureate Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.

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Lecture One—Catalysis: Chemical and Biochemical by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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Lecture Two—RNA as an Enzyme: Discovery, Origins of Life, and Medical Possibilities by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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Lecture Three—How to Accelerate a Reaction a Hundred Billion Times Using Only RNA by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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Lecture Four—Life at the End of the Chromosome by Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D.
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