{"id":140194,"date":"2024-03-13T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//?p=140194"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:17:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:17:55","slug":"ucf-researcher-pioneers-chiral-molecule-sensing-method-to-enhance-drug-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//ucf-researcher-pioneers-chiral-molecule-sensing-method-to-enhance-drug-development/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researcher Pioneers Chiral Molecule Sensing Method to Enhance Drug Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Promising UCF technology is illuminating new ways to examine molecules with precision, an advancement that can help enhance drug development and new therapies./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

The new technology, a plasmonic platform that significantly improves the detection of the chirality of molecules, was developed by UCF NanoScience Technology Center Professor Debashis Chanda. The work is detailed in a new study published in Science Advances./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

Chiral molecules are like pairs of molecules that are similar in structure but are twisted differently (left or right), similar to how a person/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u2019s left and right hands are mirror images of each other./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

Understanding the nature of chiral molecules is central to biological and pharmaceutical research because the mirror image pairs /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u2014 known as enantiomers /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u2014 can each have different effects in the body or in chemical reactions./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

Nearly 56% of all modern drugs and medicine are chiral in nature and about 90% of those are a mixture containing equal amounts of two enantiomers of a chiral compound./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

Researchers often face the challenge of separating enantiomers or synthesizing only the desired enantiomer to ensure optimal therapeutic outcomes and minimize adverse effects./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

Chanda says accuracy in determining the purity of a sample of chiral molecules is paramount./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201cIn some cases, one enantiomer is the active ingredient while the other is dormant, leading to an overall reduction in the potency of the drug,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201cAs a result, the need for enantiomeric identification and purification is in crucial demand in the field of medical and pharmaceutical research./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

He says his platform/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u2019s simplicity, tunability and sensitivity could be a game changer./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201cSuch a system has great potential in pharmaceutical and drug industries where high-sensitive, high-throughput and low-cost enantiomeric purity determination is critically important,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/u201d he says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/140194/n