Christian Marcus Pedersen, University of Copenhagen (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen

Christian Marcus Pedersen, University of Copenhagen

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Using the tools of synthetic chemistry, Copenhagen chemist Christian Marcus Pedersen has copied the endotoxin of bacteria causing diseases such as anthrax. This paves the way for new and efficient antibiotics.

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Photo: Jes Andersen/University of Copenhagen

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