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Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products

biologynews.net » 2008 » September » 2nd » Nature inspires new highly specific drugs and organic products

Tagged: biotechnology

The best place to seek novel compounds for pharmaceutical drugs, alternative energy sources, and a host of industrial applications, is within natural systems that have evolved over millions of years. Scientists now realise that the precise molecular arrangements within natural pathways in organisms have been highly tuned for specific processes and provide both compounds that can be exploited … Continue Reading »

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