• Question: do you work with weed

    Asked by anon-196124 to Fiona on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Fiona Scott

      Fiona Scott answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      No, I don’t work with weed for my project personally. There is a lot of interest in the use of cannabinoid molecules, the “active agent” in substances like weed, for treating cancer but the research is still in its relatively early stages!

      I work with other kinds of organic molecules called naphthyridines, benzimidazoles and pyrazolopyrimidines – a chemistry degree certainly teaches you how to say a lot of long words!

Comments