I used ribosomes from very, very robust bacteria under very, very active conditions and found a way - I actually took advantage of research done before me at the Weizmann, the same institute I am now - how to preserve their activity and their integrity while they crystallized.

During my time I had some very difficult years, and I had very pronounced competition, all by men.

The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.

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