New Method Cuts Costs, Boosts Drug Stability
Researchers at Rice University have developed a cost-effective method to add thiophosphate to chemical structures, which helps stabilize pharmaceutical drugs. This breakthrough overcomes the high costs previously associated with using ATP-S in drug design.
Pharmaceutical drugs often rely on chemical compounds found in the body. Take phosphate, a common compound cells use as a chemical switch. In a process called phosphorylation, cells can add a phosphate to a molecule and turn its function on. When the function is no longer needed, cells can remove the phosphate through dephosphorylation, turning the molecule back off.
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