Scientists win chemistry Nobel for discoveries about mirrored molecules that led to many drugs

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Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.

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  • Reported by NPR and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:05:54 UTC.

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