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Published online 21 June 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020617-9
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Filter gives drugs a hand
Antibody-lined membrane separates mirror-image medicines.
Scientists have developed a filter that lets through one form of a drug but not its mirror-image variant. The technology should be applicable to any drug that exists in right- and left-handed versions.
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