Department Highlights Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 2008-01-16T15:18:11-7:00 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry http://www.chem.byu.edu BYU chemists create chemical similar to morphine from plant tag:www.chem.byu.edu,2006-08-20:737 2008-01-16T15:19:23-7:00
Brigham Young University chemists have developed the synthetic, mirror-image version of a molecule derived from the Stephania japonica, or Japanese tape vine, that has a molecular structure that closely resembles that of the addictive painkiller morphine...
 BYU finds better way to make cancer drug tag:www.chem.byu.edu,2006-11-16:765 2006-11-16T12:57:41-7:00
BYU researchers have developed an improved method for making a drug called "cladribine" that has proven effective against certain types of cancer, including hairy cell lukemia, which affects as many as 800 patients a year. Morris J. Robins, the J. Rex Goates Professor of Chemistry, led BYU's efforts.