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Synthesis in biology was first used to help understand the connection between biomolecular structure and behavior by making unnatural molecules that bind to small molecules. This synthetic receptor was created by Jean Marie Lehn and his colleagues to mimic the ability of natural receptors to bind to small cationic ligands, and was cited in his Nobel Prize lecture.
