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• Max Planck Researchers Solve 350-Year Mystery of Quinine Biosynthesis Within the Cinchona Tree

  Published: Mar 19, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have identified the complete enzymatic pathway responsible for producing quinine, the world’s first chemotherapy drug an...

• University of Turku International Research Team Resolves Fifty-Year Molecular Bottleneck in Doxorubicin Chemotherapy Production

  Published: Mar 14, 2026

  Section: Health

  An international consortium of scientists has identified three primary biological constraints limiting the natural synthesis of doxorubicin. By engineering a novel bacterial strain...