Protein factory reveals its secrets

In February, 2007 researchers tease out the mechanistic details of the cell's protein synthesizer, the ribosome and learns how it works. The translation of messenger RNA occurs on one of nature's most versatile molecular synthesizers; the ribosome. If genomic DNA is the cell's planning authority, then the ribosome is its factory, churning out the proteins of life. It is a huge complex of protein and RNA with a practical and life-affirming purpose catalyzing protein synthesis.