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.
Current Solutions:
- better clean room procedures for all steps of medicine manufacturing.
- pour more money into medicine polymorph research.
I absolutely hate Veritasium since they were bought out by private equity. What in the ever living fuck does the title/thumbnail have to do with the subject of this video?
I think that’s gallium corroding aluminum, but I haven’t watched the video
Yes, it’s gallium corroding aluminum or something like it, but the video is about pharmaceuticals.