Remarkable progress has been made in understanding the folding of proteins
It will help open up almost limitless vistas
WHEN ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST wrote of the Word becoming Flesh, he was drawing on ideas of reason and order derived from classical Greek philosophy. But he was also providing a succinct description of the most basic truth in molecular biology. In a wonderful and ancient mechanism called the ribosome, words—in the form of messages stored in DNA—are translated into flesh, in the form of proteins.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Proteinotopia”
Leaders July 31st 2021
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