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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Mirror Image Breakthrough
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking research solving the mystery of mirror-image chemical molecules. This discovery has fundamentally transformed modern medicine and chemical manufacturing. The ability to control molecular chirality has allowed scientists to develop safer and more effective pharmaceutical drugs. The work of Kagan and Soai resolved a long-standing challenge in organic chemistry regarding asymmetrical synthesis.