Researching Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products

 13.07.2008 06:09   medicalnewstoday.com

Thomas E. Smith, associate professor of chemistry at Williams College, has been awarded a $217,710 three-year grant by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health (NIH) for "Asymmetric Methods for the Synthesis of Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products." "This research is concerned with the development of new methods that will allow for the efficient preparation of anticancer compounds," said Smith.

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