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Blue light breaks long-standing chemistry rule, unlocking 3D drug building blocks
For more than a century, pharmaceutical companies have relied on flat structures called aromatic rings, which can help drugs bind to target sites in the body. They include benzene rings and other flat, nitrogen-containing rings.
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Pharmaceuticals have long used flat aromatic rings—such as benzene and nitrogen‑containing rings—to help drugs attach to target sites. These rigid, planar structures can limit how well a drug fits into three‑dimensional biological targets. The new study shows that blue light can break the long‑standing rule that keeps these rings flat, potentially allowing the creation of three‑dimensional drug building blocks.
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