291 | Venki Ramakrishnan on the Biology of Death and Aging

1254.52 - 1288.539 Venki Ramakrishnan

There are a group of scientists who believe that ribosomes can be specialized, that in some cells you may get subsets of ribosomes which translate particular mRNAs or translate under certain, you know, translate meaning translate the genetic information into protein. So that they work under certain circumstances. And this field of specialized ribosomes is still somewhat controversial.