New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery

August 31, 2026 · 8:40 pm 1 sources

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• New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery
  Phys.org · August 31, 2026 20:40
  Swapping out one letter in a word can entirely change its meaning. Similarly, swapping one atom in a molecule can completely change its identity. A group of chemists at the University of Chicago has demonstrated a new way to make a single-atom edit to a molecule without changing any of its other…