Israeli crystallographer Ada E. Yonath made significant contributions to the understanding of the structure of the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis in cells. Her work, for which she shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009, has been crucial for the development of antibiotics, shining light on how different drugs can target bacterial ribosomes and halt protein production, thus fighting infections.
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