New work showing pre biotic membranes:

https://phys.org/news/2019-08-cells-emerged-blocks-proteins-stabilized.html

@sonhouse said
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-cells-emerged-blocks-proteins-stabilized.html

the lipid droplets require the amino acids to remain intact, and the amino acids are a necessary building block for life. Conceivably self-replicating?

@wildgrass
That of course is where this work is heading. Proving that, maybe duping it in a lab.