{
  "id": 3342145,
  "title": "Chemists harness light to build 3D molecular structures for drug discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/chemists-harness-light-to-build-3d-molecular-structures-for-drug",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-25T19:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-chemists-harness-3d-molecular-drug.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), led by Professor Jian He and collaborators, have developed a new light-driven method for constructing three-dimensional molecular building blocks that could give medicinal chemists greater flexibility in designing new drug candidates. The approach broadens the range of starting materials that can be used while…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}