Stanford researchers have developed a reliable, hassle-free HIV test – just what public health officials need to screen large numbers of people and head off potential outbreaks.
Before life could begin, something had to kickstart the production of critical molecules. Chemistry Professor Richard Zare says that something may have been as simple as a mist made up of tiny drops of water.
Stanford chemists now have a synthetic solution to dwindling supplies of a promising drug – extracted from marine creatures – for cancer, HIV and possibly other diseases.
