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Recognizing ribosomes
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This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry will be shared by three scientists whose research revealed detailed maps of bacterial ribosomes — the factories that all living things use to make proteins. Some antibiotics (red molecule at center) stymie bacteria by interfering with their ribosomes. Credit: Courtesy of Nobel Foundation


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