On several occasions in discussions about life etc friends have mentioned the theory that quantum mechanics dictates the way our cells work. In the past I have not been convinced. However this site http://www.surrey.ac.uk/qe/Outline.htm has a very well written description of the theory which is very compelling.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16322044.700-life-force.html
Above is another article on the same topic.
That outline is a jumble of mystical non-sequiturs and doesn’t say anything at all. Any post modernist could have written such stuff.
The second reference is way more interesting. First of all it gives a good review on the history of the discussion on the genesis of life. In the last paragraph the author refers to what is a very tentative speculation by biologist. This is all it currently is, and Davies makes that clear, tentative.