Molecular assembler finally created

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A rendering of Prof. Leigh's molecular assembler

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Molecular assembler synthesized by Prof. Leigh of the University of Manchester and his gro...

The following figures and their captions describe the mechanism of operation of the artifi...

The copper ion is attached to the inside of the ring, from which point it attracts the blu...

The polymer backbone and the stopper group bind together so that the molecular ring is tra...

The assembly arm (yellow arm) is attached to the molecular ring, rendering the molecular a...

Now the process of protein synthesis begins – eventually, through the random thermal motio...

Here the assembly arm has moved the phenylalanine molecule back to a position on the molec...

Next, the molecular ring at some point moves into the vicinity of the second attachment si...

The same process is then carried out for the third amino acid, the valine molecule

Once the valine molecule is plucked from the polymer backbone, the molecular ring is free ...

Article Summary

Ribosomes are the main engines of creation of the proteins on which the body depends. Now, an artificial analog of the biological ribosome has been designed and synthesized by Professor David Leigh FRS and his team in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester.

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