They also showed, for the first time, how ribosomes are arranged in neurons—research that could eventually be key to understanding what goes wrong in ribosomes during neurodegenerative diseases.

Scientists from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have now shown that cancer cells can use these ribosomes to boost their invisibility cloak, helping them hide from the immune system.

During brain development, neural stem cell proliferation relies on active ribosome biogenesis to meet high protein demand. This process involves the concerted action of numerous ribosomal RNA ...