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The Skeptics Guide #936 - Jun 17 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Role of Ribosomes in the Creation of Life Proteins

Scientists have made recent progress in programming cells or specifically ribosomes to create proteins that have never been made before. They're essentially nanomachines for making one of the most critical and versatile molecules of life proteins. Did you know that the word protein is from a Greek word that means of utmost importance? I did not know that. Each of your cells has about 10 million ribosomes.

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