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    Scientists Eliminate Drug Side Effects by Manipulating Molecular chirality

    May 21, 2020, Categories  Chemistry/Nanotechnology

    Dr Jeffery Huang Zhifeng, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at HKBU, has developed a novel approach to manipulating the chirality of drug molecules.
    Dr Jeffery Huang Zhifeng, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at HKBU, has developed a novel approach to manipulating the chirality of drug molecules.

    Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a novel technique that can produce pure therapeutic drugs without the associated side effects.

    The approach, which uses a nanostructure fabrication device, can manipulate the chirality of drug molecules by controlling the direction a substrate is rotated within the device, thus eliminating the possible side effects that can arise when people take drugs containing molecules with the incorrect chirality.

    Published in the international scientific journal Nature Chemistry, the research findings pave the way towards the mass production of purer, cheaper and ...

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