This document contains two news articles from ScienceDaily discussing recent scientific findings. The first article describes research from UTMB that identified an enzyme called NEIL1 that fixes single-stranded DNA during cell replication. The second article discusses a study finding that biomolecules like DNA and proteins can spontaneously cluster together to form protocells in salty solutions, providing insight into how early cells may have originated. The student provides observations on the potential medical applications of this research, such as using synthetic cells for tissue regeneration and treating diseases through improved gene editing.