Cave Drugs

  • Vanderbilt University

    Going underground in search of new drugs

    Every few months, chemist Brian Bachmann sheds his white lab coat, collects his flashlight, helmet, surgical gloves and knotted rope, puts on old clothes and hiking boots and heads to a nearby cave. Bachmann, an assistant professor of chemistry at Vanderbilt, has combined his industrial experience in natural… Read More

    Mar 10, 2011

  • Vanderbilt University

    VUCast: Fighting on the front lines

    Hear from a Vanderbilt doctor in South America who is fighting the H1N1 epidemic first-hand. Plus, Vanderbilt researchers go deep underground in search of cave drugs. And Coach Franklin starts to build a solid gold team! [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Feb 18, 2011