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 | | Other areas of biochemistry include the genetic code (DNA, RNA), protein synthesis, cell membrane transport, and signal transduction. |
 | | The dawn of biochemistry may have been the discovery of the first enzyme, diastase, in 1833 by Anselme Payen. |
 | | In 1828, Friedrich Whler published a paper about the synthesis of urea, proving that organic compounds can be created artificially, in contrast to the common belief of the time that organic compounds could only be made by living organisms. |
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