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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 Images

A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters

Cedric Schaack, Wake Forest University and Mallory Green, Wake Forest University

The 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry gave a hand to handed molecules – and the processes chemists use to create them.

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