“Click chemistry” or bio-orthogonal reactions can be used to produce new cancer drugs and map DNA.
The Nobel chemistry prize has been awarded to three scientists who have developed a way of “snapping molecules together” to design new medicines.
“Click chemistry” or bio-orthogonal reactions can be used to produce new cancer drugs and map DNA.
It is the work of US scientists Carolyn R Bertozzi and K Barry Sharpless, and Morten Meldal from Denmark.
Mr Sharpless, of Scripps Research in California, won the same award in 2001 and is only the fifth person to receive a Nobel chemistry accolade twice.
