Pharmaceutical Services
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A special application of synchrotron light is the ability to elucidate the structure of proteins, a technique referred to as Protein Crystallography. The speed and accuracy of synchrotron protein crystallography is vital to genomics projects as well as drug design. Research into the 3-dimensional structure of proteins facilitates the development of designer drugs with specific therapeutic activities.
Examples
Examples
- Studying the functionality of proteins, hormones, metabolic enzymes, bacteria, viruses and genes
- Developing 'designer' molecules for pharmaceutical drugs
- Developing new pharmaceuticals, vaccines, synthetic proteins and medicines
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