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DESCRIPTION:The crystal growth of conventional materials like silicon has b
 een refined for decades and has led to textbook crystal growth models. Con
 fidence in these models quickly evaporates when considering complex inorga
 nic solids and molecular crystals\, however\, despite the importance of th
 ese materials to technology\, biology\, and human health. In particular\, 
 many crystalline materials are associated with diseases\, from malaria to 
 kidney stones. This presentation will illustrate the beauty and complexity
  of crystal growth\, through mechanisms often hidden and deceptive\, in pa
 thological molecular crystals\, including kidney stones as well as “xenost
 ones” that form as a consequence of active pharmaceutical ingredients that
  form crystals in renal spaces. Armed with an understanding of some crysta
 l physics and crystal surface structure at the molecular level\, crystal g
 rowth inhibitors can be designed that bind to specific crystal sites and p
 revent the formation of pathological crystals\, suggesting a pathway to th
 erapies for crystal-based diseases in general. These observations also rev
 eal the complexity of dissymmetric surfaces of organic crystals\, which st
 ems from their inherent low molecular and crystal symmetry.\n
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LOCATION:Room 10\, Maass Chemistry Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B8\
 , 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Chemical Society Seminar: Dr. Michael Ward - Stopping Crystal Growt
 h in its Tracks: Pathways to Therapies for Pathological Crystallization 
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 l-ward-stopping-crystal-growth-its-tracks-pathways-therapies-patho-261829
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