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Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath, Pioneer in Ribosome Research, Dies at 87

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Nobel Prize-winning Israeli crystallographer Ada Yonath has died at 87. She was honored with the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pioneering research on the structure and function of ribosomes, which advanced the understanding of protein synthesis and led to new antibiotic development.

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  • Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, a leading Israeli crystallographer, died at 87.
  • She won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ribosome structure research.
  • Her work advanced understanding of protein synthesis and antibiotic development.
  • Yonath was the first Israeli woman to win a Nobel Prize in science.
Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath, Pioneer in Ribosome Research, Dies at 87
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