[ExI] Jaw-dropping CWRU Alzheimer's breakthrough?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 08:25:25AM -0800, spike wrote:

> Anyone found any info on how to synthesize bexarotene?  The dopers somehow

Looks easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexarotene

> make in their home labs meth-a-whatever-that-stuff-is to get stoned, so can
> we grab their chemical expertise and hire them to cook us up some of this
> bexarotene?  We will overlook that other business, and this will give them a

It should probably be commercially available. In fact it is:
https://www.google.com/search?q=bexarotene+buy however somewhat
expensive.

> chance to use their chemistry talent for something constructive.

They have no chemistry talent, with the exception of some people
who post on Erowid.