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Synthetic production of potential pharmaceuticals dramatically simplified by Scripps research team
03-21-2007 · EurekAlert!A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed new techniques that dramatically reduce the time, complexity, and cost of synthesizing natural products with pharmaceutical potential. The work dislodges previously entrenched beliefs in the organic chemistry field about how such products must be produced, and could help to advance and expand the use of natural products in drug discovery programs
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