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The origins of chemical biology

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Chemical biology has historical roots that date back to the birth of chemistry and biology as distinct sciences.

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Figure 1: A cyanotype from British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns by Anna Atkins (circa 1854).

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Figure 2: Structures.

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