No need for a vital force?

One of the essential roles of science is demystification, replacing, where possible, vague and unverifiable concepts, like vital force by precise, rational and demonstrable explanations or theories. One of the extraordinary contributions of the chemical sciences to mankind's knowledge has been the demystification of the behavior and nature of living matter. As we shall see, living matter can be understood in terms of the same chemical principles as inorganic matter. Living matter is composed of atoms, in fact a rather restricted range of atoms, and these atoms are bound together to form molecules. Life is undoubtedly complex and diverse, but its molecules, its matter, do not require any new or different fundamental theories. There is no need for a vital force to understand the molecules of life.