On October 7, 2009, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”.  Much of their Nobel Prize-winning research is represented in the CAS databases, with more than 200 references to their journal articles since 1980.  To learn more, read the latest CAS – Science Connections article at:

www.cas.org/newsevents/connections/ribosome.html