Isolating Molecules with Handedness to Reduce Side Effects

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Some molecules in medical drugs come in two different forms, right-handed and left-handed versions (the property is called chirality). While the one can improve a condition, the other may produce unwanted side-effects. The perhaps worst example is that of thalidomide where the bad version caused deformities in babies. Now a method based on magnetism has been developed that can separate the two forms so that patients can reduce bad side effects of the medication.

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