'''Leslie Orgel''' was a [[scientist]] who was active in research into atheistic theories of the origin of life. He was a [[biochemist]] whose research included the structure of [[RNA]] and [[DNA]].
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'''Leslie Orgel''' was a [[scientist]] who was active in research into atheistic theories of the origin of life. He was a [[biochemist]] whose research included the structure of [[RNA]] and [[DNA]]. He was on the faculty of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. <ref name="nytimes.com">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05orgel.html</ref>
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He died October 27, 2007 of [[pancreas|pancreatic]] [[cancer]].
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During his career, he proposed the hypothesis of [[Panspermia]], that life on Earth may have come from space.
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He was on the faculty of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego.
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He proposed the hypothesis of [[Panspermia]], that life on Earth may have come from space.
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Then on October 27, 2007, Leslie Orge died of [[pancreas|pancreatic]] [[cancer]].