Artificial ribosome: One of the biggest discoveries in science in year 2009
Creating life from scratch took a leap forward in 2009. Scientists led by Harvard's George Church unveiled a synthetic ribosome, the machinery inside cells that translates genes into proteins that build tissues and organs. Scientists hope to create cells, the building blocks of life, from scratch by cobbling together such cellular machinery, part of a burgeoning field of "synthetic" biology.
via usatoday.com
