The Protein Making Machine from Golden Staph, the Bacterial Ribosome (IMAGE)

Monash University

The Protein Making Machine from Golden Staph, the Bacterial Ribosome

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It is this nano-machine that evolves to escape treatment by antibiotics, which are small chemicals that have the ability to turn this machine off, literally throwing a spanner in the works (inlay picture.)

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Dr Matthew Belousoff, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute

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