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A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters
Chemists say one mirror-image form can heal while the other can fail or harm, and the Nobel Prize recognized work showing how that preference emerges.
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A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters
Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai from Japan won the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on chiral molecules. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry concerns a property called chirality, which may sound like an abstract science term but is actually all around you, all the time. Picture a spiral galaxy rotating in space, or follow the outline of a snail’s shell as it spirals clockwise to the tip. In …
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