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December 2, 2011

Origami chemistry: NYU chemist folds molecules

New York University chemist Kent Kirshenbaum explains his work folding long-chain molecules into synthetic molecules, called peptoids, that might be developed into, among other things, "hunter-killer" antibiotics that target and destroy lethal drug-resistant bacteria.

Credit: NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation


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