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Ruth Sperling's Scientific Discovery

Ruth Sperling's most important scientific achievement was her co-discovery, with her husband, of the 3-D structure of spliceosomes, the cell's "machinery" for chopping up and re-attaching pieces of DNA to create its requisite assortment of functional proteins.

Courtesy of Ruth Sperling

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Ruth Sperling's Scientific Discovery." (Viewed on December 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/sperling-ruth-2-small-still-image>.