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"Green Chemistry" for the Drug Industry

Posted August 17, 2007 8:09 AM by Sharkles

Medications are meant to alleviate various ailments, not cause them. Yet, during the process of making medicines, chemical reactions can produce harmful toxic wastes. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael Krische is adapting a process known as catalytic hydrogenation to produce complex molecules, without those chemical byproducts. The strategy is sympathetic to the environment and will help streamline costs.

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