THE GERM OF LIFE.
-H> .Alt'. Jacques Loeb, professor of physiology at the University of California, has issued a bulletin from the office of the presidonfc of the University of California, in which it is stated that the life germ can be discovered, provided the chemical reaction surrounding the process of fertilisation can be investigated. Professor Loeb says: "All that differentiates living matter from machines I liavo produced in tho university laboratory is tho power to animate objects to develop and reproduce themselves automatically. All that is necessary, therefore, is io discover the chemical process which causes the development of the egg in embryo, and the answer to tile question "What is living matter?" will be'tho answer to what determines the phenomena of tho automatic development of reproduction." The professor adds that ho has not had time to complete his experiments to discover'the germ of bfe, but thinks that he is on tho right path. The announcement is regarded by university scientists as a distinct step towards producing living matter from inanimate.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 62, 6 December 1907, Page 5
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