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Breaking down barriers to success (and absorption)

June 8, 2020 by Ashley Lenahan

lab student stirs solution in beaker

All pharmaceutical ingredients are not equal in cooking up chemical reactions.   Many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) don’t dissolve well.   This makes it difficult for patients to absorb certain drugs – making the drugs less effective.  A substance called an excipient can help APIs dissolve in medication.   In her thesis, chemistry graduate student Jessica … [Read more...] about Breaking down barriers to success (and absorption)

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