Published online 12 June 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.563 News Tantalizing clues to the chemical origins of life A synthetic molecule can reshuffle itself to match a DNA template. Katharine Sanderson The new molecule can adapt its sequence to a DNA template.Science / AAAS Chemists in the United States have made an artificial DNA-like molecule that can change its sequence to bind to a DNA