Life is three-dimensional, and it begins with molecules

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Philip E. Bourne

* E-mail: pebourne@gmail.com

Affiliation Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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