Texas A&M Researchers Develop Quantum Technique for Drug Discovery

Insider Brief

Researchers at Texas A&M University developed a laser-based technique called Thermostable Raman Interaction Profiling (TRIP) that directly measures quantum forces involved in protein interactions and drug binding.

The team demonstrated the technique on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, showing that it could predict how effectively antiviral drugs bind by measuring changes in molecular vibrations.

The researchers believe TRIP could accelerate drug discovery by providing a direct method to study protein interactions relevant to diseases including cancer, Alzheimer’s and infectious diseases.

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