At the beginning of the 1950s, scientists realized that ribosomes, large complexes of RNA and protein, were critical to protein synthesis and the overall function of the cell.

Yonath, born June 1939 in Jerusalem, won the 2009 Nobel "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome," alongside colleagues Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz.

Arnold is the fifth woman ever to win a Nobel Prize in chemistry and the first since 2009, when Ada Yonath won for her work studying the ribosome. In some disciplines, the Nobel drought persisted ...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry includes famous winners such as Marie Curie and Otto Hahn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. $3 ...

The 2023 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work on how mRNA interacts with our immune system, which was instrumental in the development ...

Nobel Prize microRNA discovery started ... create an "information molecule" from DNA and move into a cell’s protein factory — a ribosome — where amino acids align to this template and ...

The Ribosome – The Factory for Protein Production According to the Genetic Code, ... We want to ensure all science enthusiasts can read Nobel Prize-winning scientific concepts.

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. Gary Ruvkun is used to getting awards — but for him, the Nobel Prize is in a ...

Nobel Prize winner hopes his discovery can help fight disease and even detect ... And the ribosome is the tiny machine in all of our cells that takes messenger RNA and translates them into ...