Biology & Life Sciences

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Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Boron-based compounds inhibit key HIV enzyme Researchers in the Czech Republic have shown that an unusual class of boron-containing compound can inhibit HIV protease, a key enzyme involved in replicating the virus that causes Aids.
Chemistry World November 6, 2009 Phillip Broadwith	Enzyme binds both sides of the mirror European chemists have discovered that both mirror-image forms of a particular compound can bind at the same time in the same site of an enzyme, a phenomenon that has never been seen before.
Chemistry World November 4, 2009 Phil Taylor	New treatment hope for lupus patients GlaxoSmithKline and Human Genome Sciences' Benlysta (belimumab), works by blocking the production of autoantibodies by plasma B-cells, the immune system's primary antibody-producing cells.
Popular Mechanics November 2009	Zoo Veterinarian: This Is My Job Pete Black works for the St. Louis Zoo, where his primary responsibility is to perform routine exams and surgeries and provide preventative care to the zoo's 5000 animals.
Chemistry World November 2, 2009 Simon Hadlington	New way to find drugs' unintended targets Researchers in the US have devised a new way to predict 'off-target' effects for pharmaceutical drugs.
Chemistry World November 1, 2009 Hayley Birch	How light gave life a helping hand A new theory for how 'handedness' in organic molecules evolved has been proposed by Dutch scientists.
Chemistry World November 2009 Derek Lowe	Column: In the pipeline The author advises opening your mind during the screening cascade taken by potential drug targets, and remaining goal orientated at all times
Chemistry World November 2009	Column: The crucible Could red light and green tea really give 'facial rejuvenation'?
Chemistry World November 2009 Paul Docherty	Column: Totally Synthetic The hunt for anticancer therapies is inextricably linked with natural products (such as taxol), and more specifically with macrolides.
Chemistry World October 28, 2009 Ned Stafford	Profile: Life in the cage Had Jens Reich's family lived just a few dozen kilometres west after the second world war, in free West Germany instead of the communist east, he might not have become a scientist.
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