Re: Whipped Europeans

[David Honig]

At 04:17 PM 9/3/00 -0400, David Marshall wrote:
>On the topic of the blood-brain barrier, another example is compounds

There's also a trick where you can add an acetyl group to a small
molecule (not protein) to increase transport.  Do it to salicylic
acid, you get aspirin.  Do it to morphine, you get heroin.

FWIW