"Ribosomes contain RNA, messenger RNA provides the information, transfer RNAs brings the amino acids; so the protein-making machinery is an RNA machinery, completely."
- Christian de DuveBelgian biochemist Christian de Duve made important advances in our knowledge of cellular biology. One of his most significant discoveries concerned the function of RNA in cellular protein synthesis. Similar to how different components of a cell cooperate to produce proteins necessary for life, pict…