Trio Wins Chemistry Nobel For Solving Ribosome Riddle

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Wed, 10/07/2009 - 3:25am

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for solving ribosome riddle

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Three scientists who produced an atom-by-atom map of the mysterious, life-giving ribosome won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday, a breakthrough that has been vital for the development of new antibiotics.

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