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A sticky solution could speed up drug discovery

Researchers screening potentially valuable enzymes ditch a time-consuming step.
Close-up of an analytical machine being used in drug discovery research

Machinery in a lab that aims to identify new drugs. A nifty method allows scientists to skip a tedious step when searching for enzymes for synthesizing drugs and other useful products. Credit: Lewis Houghton/SPL

A streamlined method can screen large numbers of enzymes for those that have potential in manufacturing drugs and other useful compounds.

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Nature 570, 140-141 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01769-4

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