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Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs
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Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine. Many molecules come in versions that look alike but are not exactly...

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