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Article: BUCKYBALLS USED TO FIGHT ANTHRAX.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)(OFF BEAT)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- April 27, 2003
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Houston scientists are using buckyballs to stop anthrax.
That would be buckyball without a capital "B."
Researchers at Rice University are studying the use of buckyballs, tiny cage-shaped molecules of pure carbon created 18 years ago, to taxi critical drugs directly to diseases such as anthrax.
The scientists hope the targeted compounds will bind only with certain cells instead of being ...