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Synthetic proteins: Mimicking the molecular machinery of life - Science Nation
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:03:54
Publish Date: 2019-04-26 01:00:00
Description: Imagine synthetic antibiotics that could fight infections like MRSA, custom pharmaceuticals to treat advanced prostate cancer, and new enzymes that will turn cellulose into fuel. With support from the National Science Foundation, chemist Kent Kirshenbaum and his team at New York University are engineering molecules to mimic the shapes, structures and functions of natural proteins.
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