Creating Knotted Chemical Structures (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Creating Knotted Chemical Structures

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Yossi Weizmann (standing), assistant professor in physics at the University of Chicago, and graduate student Di Liu are pictured here in the laboratory. Liu was the lead author of an article that appeared in Nature Chemistry describing how to create tiny, knotted chemical structures that may provide a way to rapidly screen hundreds of chemicals for anti-cancer activity.

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Joel Wintermantle/University of Chicago

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