Oct 8, 2009

TOI Editor: Let me educate you about ribosomes

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Hey people, do you know what a RIBOSOME is? No? Are you absolutely clueless about the properties of this RNA-complex which produces life-regulating protein? Well, as editor of India's leading newspaper, I think it is time you, dear reader, gets some education on protein-producing ribosomes. Why do I need education on ribosome and not on lysosome, centrosome, vesicle, cytoskelton, cytoplasm, vacuole, endoplasmic reticulom or golgi aparatus, you might ask if you are a gawky nerd who spends all his spare time studying biology of a typical eukaryotic cell.

Well, for one, a brown guy like you and me with a name that you can pronounce more easily than a white guy, has discovered something fascinating about this sub-cellular component of an eukaryotic cell that has fetched him top prize in world's annual chemistry awards. Isn't that a good enough reason you should know what a ribosome is?