Scientists take big step towards producing novel polymers in living cells
(WorldNews Health)

A team of Yale chemists is one step closer to using the ribosome - the cell`s protein-making factory - to create designer polymers, including stronger and more flexible materials and life-saving drugs. The ribosome has a surprising capacity to insert the novel building blocks of polymers at the beginning of a protein sequence, the researchers report June 26 in the journal ACS Central Science. `This paper reports that the ribosome can begin protein synthesis with molecules like those found in Kevlar or the precursors to important antibiotics,` said Alanna...