[extropy-chat] Buckyballs to the rescue- novel drug discovery

[Extropian Agroforestry Ventures Inc.]

Yes , that is where the critter was first isolated from.  So the "Alchemy"
was a bit of a Ha Ha, relating to the Sotty Origins of this new "wonder of
nature".
Someimes you have to bring the lab/tech guys back to the farm so to speak.
eh?

"Pharmer Mo"
Morris Johnson

"Robert J. Bradbury" wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
>
> > Extropian Agroforestry Ventures Inc. wrote:
> >
> > >  Buckyballs (the 60 carbon variety ), formerly a curiosity of alchemy
> >
> > Alchemy??? I thought C60 was a bit beyond the alchemists.
>
> Actually, I'm reasonably certain you can find C60 in soot
> from a fire that is hot enough (though others may want to
> check this...).  So if the alchemists had had electron
> microscopes they might have discovered it.  Given that
> they didn't C60 may have simply been an unknown component
> of carbon black.
>
> Robert
>
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