{"664811":{"#nid":"664811","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Nobel laureate takes pride in success of bioorthogonal chemistry for cancer treatment","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarolyn Bertozzi, professor of chemistry at Stanford University, and K. Barry\u0026nbsp;Sharpless, a\u0026nbsp;professor at Scripps Research,\u0026nbsp;were two of the three winners of\u0026nbsp;the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their\u0026nbsp;role in developing\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/hematology-oncology\/20221007\/developers-of-click-reactions-used-to-improve-cancerdrug-targeting-win-nobel-prize\u0022 id=\u0022rId8\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ebioorthogonal reactions,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;which enable scientists to explore cells and track biological processes without interfering with the normal chemistry of the cell. That has led to development of a safe way to deliver high doses of chemotherapy without impacting nearby tissues. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/mg-finn\u0022\u003EM.G Finn\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E, and James A. Carlos Family Chair for Pediatric Technology,\u0026nbsp;developed so-called click chemistry with Sharpless in 2001. It\u0026nbsp;involves chemical reactions in which specific pairs of molecules react selectively with one another and ignore their environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-17 20:43:32","changed_gmt":"2023-01-17 20:43:32","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/hematology-oncology\/20230111\/nobel-laureate-takes-pride-in-success-of-bioorthogonal-chemistry-for-cancer-treatment","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"96831","name":"M.G. Finn"},{"id":"175486","name":"click chemistry"},{"id":"191920","name":"Bioorthogonal chemistry"},{"id":"191921","name":"Bioorthogonal reactions"},{"id":"1439","name":"chemotherapy"},{"id":"8084","name":"Cancer treatment"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}