UK Looks for Natural Products in Kentucky’s Unique Environments
Could coal fires or subterranean rocks yield tomorrow’s cancer drugs? Maybe, says University of Kentucky pharmaceutical researcher Jon Thorson. He’s looking for natural products, molecules that have evolved for function over time, in Kentucky’s unique environments. His goal is to manipulate the natural machinery that generates these molecules, providing a rapid way to do medicinal chemistry.
Produced by Research Communications at the University of Kentucky.