The two steerioisomers of commonly used drugs can have very different
physiological effects; sometimes these properties are even diametrically
opposite - just like the "good dog - bad dog" metaphor for peniccillamine
on this issue's cover. In "When Drug Molecules
Look in the Mirror", Etwin Thall reviews a whole series of drug
molecules that exhibit this startling transformation when the "look
in the mirror".
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