Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech on why Ribonucleic Acid rocks

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Sep 7, 202445:13News & Politics

Dr Thomas R. Cech shared the nobel prize in chemistry with Sidney Altman in 1989. Their work showed that RNA is not only a molecule that carries genetic information but can also act as a catalyst in biochemical reactions...

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