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HTTP:: Infrared Analysis of Molecules to Spawn New Drugs
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In a groundbreaking, new discovery that has the potential to change the methodology of biomolecular studies around the world, scientists have managed to create a new investigation method for looking inside protein molecules and at how they bind with each other. The research could lead to the creation of a number of new drugs, all based on an entirely different type of chemical reaction than existing therapies. The early treatment of complex diseases may also become possible, in addition to new diagnostics methods. The new method “allows identification of a protein by directly analyzing its vibrational fingerprint signatures. It may lead to a new toolkit for studying biomolecules,” Boston University Assistant Engineering Professor Hatice Altug says. The expert has also been the leader of a new team, comprising scientists from Boston and the Tuffts University. Even very small protein clusters emit a unique signature, known as a “vibrational fingerprint.” The new inf!
rared spectroscopy technique is able to determine these fingerprints with extreme accuracy, the team reveals. “There is currently a need to develop label-free bio-detection technologies. Infrared spectroscopy is a label-free method, because if you tune your ‘eye' to the infrared frequencies, you can dire...
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