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How Fireflies Make New Medicines

Science Underground by Ainissa Ramirez

Jun 26, 201602:01Science & Medicine

Fireflies light up the summertime night, but the glowing molecules inside them are also used by scientists to make new drugs.

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How Fireflies Make New Medicines is an episode from Science Underground by Ainissa Ramirez. Fireflies light up the summertime night, but the glowing molecules inside them are also used by scientists to make new drugs. The episode was publis...

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