A promising new system for cheaper drug preparation
Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), a joint centre of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) have developed a new photobiocatalytic system that could imply substantial changes in the way active molecules are prepared for drugs and other catalysis-based chemical products. The system uses enzymes as catalysts, water as a supplier of electrons and light as an energy source. The research results developed by the Spanish and Dutch scientists have been published in the journal Nature Communications.