Proteins are the infinitely varied chemicals that make cells work, and science has a pretty good idea how they are made. But ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

This new review article highlights the critical role of ribosome biogenesis in liver health and disease progression.

But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say. Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread and more. News ...

When ribosomes go rogue Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread, and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say.

The cell creates mRNA, a copy of DNA, to assemble proteins. The mRNA is then read by a different molecule known as a ribosome ...

“We wanted to know how quickly a human ribosome can read the genetic code, how quickly it finds the tRNA that’s complementary to the mRNA,” explained said co-first author Mikael Holm, PhD.

A newly discovered type of ribosome, which synthesizes and then neatly and securely folds the proteins in sperm to prepare them for their arduous journey, seems to play a key role in male reproductive ...