The Nobel Prize for 2009 was granted for
ribosomal research. The
recipients of the prize were able to get an accurate and
discernible picture of the inside of a
ribosomes.
Because of this
reaserch a more accurate
view on how RNA is transcribed into polypeptide chains is being unveiled. This
research will aid in bacterial
disease prevention and treatment, and maybe at some point viral infections. This is
important because of the increasing
resilience to
antibiotics antibiotics, it is a new way to approach
protecting ourselves from these microscopic threats. This
alsot brings back an age old question, which came fist? Usually it refers to the
Chicken and the Egg, but similarly DNA or Ribosomes? Because ribosomes are
proteins and all proteins are coded for by DNA and yet, the enzymes that help replicate DNA are made by ribosomes. The both rely on
each other and cannot
exist apart. A new mystery!
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