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Biology may provide just the right chemistry for new drugs

Natural enzymes and microbes suggested as cure for ailing pharmaceutical industry

paclitaxel

DRUG SOURCE  Tapping natural enzymes and engineered microbes may help chemists find and make new drugs, such as a version of this complicated anticancer drug called paclitaxel. 

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By Beth Mole

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