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Ribosome clinches the chemistry Nobel

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Three researchers share the prize for revealing the workings of the cell's protein-making machine.

Three molecular biologists who mapped the structure and inner workings of the ribosome — the cell's machinery for churning out proteins from the genetic code — have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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