Computational Quantum Chemical Methods Promising For Drug Development

Research, led by a Virginia Tech chemist, may someday help natural-products chemists decrease by years the time it takes to develop certain types of medicinal drugs. The research by T. Daniel Crawford, associate professor of chemistry, involves computations of optical rotation angles on chiral non-superimposable moleculesMany chiral molecules are important for medical treatment for illnesses ranging from acid-reflux to cancer.

More: continued here

Filed under: Biology on April 8th, 2008