Thalidomide, a drug once used to alleviate morning sickness in pregnant women, exhibits distinct properties due to its optical isomers* in the body: one isomer has a sedative effect, while the other ...
Optical isomers of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) now can be sorted from one another for the first time, thanks to a pair of chiral diporphyrin "tweezers" developed by researchers in Japan ...
The 3-azabicyclo(3,3,1)nonanyl-9-α-yl-α -cyclopentyl-α -phenyl-α -glycolate (DM-phencynonate hydrochloride, DMCPG) is a demethylated metabolite of 3- ...
Recently, researchers led by Prof. HUANG Qing from Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) suggested a new method to ...