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Chemistry World
April 18, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
First DNA rotaxane Rotaxanes are dumbbell-shaped molecules encircled by a molecular hoop that can move unhindered along the axle, trapped by the bulky stoppers at either end. These could be useful components in molecular machines.   |
Chemistry World
April 8, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Arsenic anticancer target revealed Researchers from China and France believe they have uncovered the molecular mechanism by which arsenic trioxide kills certain cancer cells. |
Chemistry World
April 6, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Immune cells fight off nanotubes Carbon nanotubes can be degraded by an enzyme found in human immune cells, report US researchers. |
Chemistry World
April 6, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Rousing sleeping sickness research An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness could be on the horizon, say UK scientists who believe that such a drug would improve the lives of more than 50,000 people who are afflicted with the disease. |
Chemistry World
April 2010 |
Column: The crucible We are getting better at manipulating cells to grow into the tissues we need. Chemical factors are key, says Philip Ball |
Chemistry World
March 30, 2010
Mike Sutton |
Sir James Black, OM (1924-2010) As if discovering beta-blockers and creating the world's first blockbuster drug wasn't enough, Sir James Whyte Black earned the 1988 Nobel prize for physiology and medicine and changed the way we search for new drugs. |
Chemistry World
March 23, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
Microbes implicated in Alzheimer's Microbes such as Candida albicans may be triggering the immune system to release beta amyloid |
Chemistry World
March 23, 2010 |
Comment: Can we halt the flow of new designer drugs? Could the dangers of 'legal high' mephedrone have been predicted? Of course they could, says John Mann |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2010
Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles successfully deliver RNA interference in cancer patients The system aims to exploit the phenomenon of RNA interference, where short sequences of double-stranded RNA, called small interfering RNA or siRNA, can trigger the disruption of the manufacture of certain proteins in a cell. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2010
Prachi Patel |
A World-beating TB Detector To quickly and cheaply diagnose the world's worst infectious disease, engineers have shrunk an NMR machine down to size |
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