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c/science by u/recursive_recursion 2w ago i.ytimg.com

The disaster I never imagined having to worry about

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- [Invidious](https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ksn5yrsC3Wg)
- [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksn5yrsC3Wg)

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TL;DW:
Due to various molecular configurations (aka polymorphs), currently known medicines when contaminated with a catalyst seed molecule/particle can become irreversibly unreproducible via chained-contaminations.
- the contamination can cause the existing configurations to become more stable in a negative fashion where the medicine/compounds no longer work they way we expect them to.

This system of contamination and reproduction acts in similar fashion to viral infections.

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Current Solutions:
- better clean room procedures for all steps of medicine manufacturing.
- pour more money into medicine polymorph research.
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