{
  "id": 7897405,
  "title": "Thinking outside the binding site: Drug molecule makes a square peg fit a round hole",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/thinking-outside-the-binding-site-drug-molecule-makes-a-square-peg",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T23:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-site-drug-molecule-square-peg.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A square peg doesn't fit a round hole. But what if the peg could change the shape of the hole? A newly developed drug molecule can do something surprisingly similar when binding to its target protein, according to a University at Buffalo-led study published Tuesday (Sept. 15) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}