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Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Biographics Laboratory 3R, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, Department ...

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"By decoding the molecular structure of velvet worm slime, we're now one step closer to replicating that efficiency for the materials we use every day." Velvet worms, small caterpillar-like ...