One of the most striking examples of how graphics aids drug developers searching for small molecule drugs is the discovery of buckminsterfullerene as an HIV drug. (sbgrid.org)
Carbon - 60, the soccer ball - shaped molecule also known as buckminsterfullerene (or the «buckyball») was discovered at Rice by Nobel Prize laureates Richard Smalley, Robert Curl and Harold Kroto in 1985. (sciencedaily.com)
In 1985 researchers discovered soccer ball - like molecules, made of 60 carbon atoms, that are formally called buckminsterfullerenes. (sciencemag.org)