Molecular Robot Mimics Life's Protein-Builder

Disturbing Ancient Non-Linear systems is a recipe for disaster.

What are you blabbering about? They're not disturbing an ancient system, they are making an entirely new one. That the end-result, a small string of amino acids, is about the same, is the only thing it has in common with the ribosome. Humans already make custom proteins on a massive scale... in yeast tanks with genetically modified yeast, for example. And that works a lot faster than this little Rotaxane thingie.

From TFA:

The ribosome, the molecular machine that translates our genetic code to build the body?s proteins, is a mechanical marvel. Now, chemists have invented a nanomachine that can achieve a similar feat.

That doesn't sound like they are making a Frankenstein's monster, protein by protein, n

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