POPPY 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

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A Rice University lab has discovered a path to synthesis of a rare molecule drawn from poppies, setigerumine I. The molecule could become a building block for painkillers and other drugs. From left, Rice researchers László Kürti, holding a model of the molecule; lecturer Juha Siitonen, holding a flask of the synthesized setigerumine I, and undergraduate Anavi Serna.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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