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Light-Activated Medicines

Caption: In the future, novel medicines that are activated by light could reduce side-effects associated with drug delivery, researchers say. Experimental light-activated solution (left) undergoes transformation (right) after exposure to ultraviolet light.

Credit: Courtesy of Colin McCoy, Queen's University Belfast.

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Related news release: American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007