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Discovery & Development Drug Discovery, Small Molecules

Winging It

This article is part of our special focus on "traditional" pharma: The Small Molecule Manufacturer (read more here). You can find more articles from The Small Manufacturer here.

Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that compounds that coat cicada wings have  antimicrobial and water repellent properties. Marianne Alleyne, a professor at the university, hopes to design medical materials with some of the same surface traits as the compounds found on these insects.

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