EurJIC at the Gordon Research Conference on Metals in Medicine
Metals in Medicine Conference
What Makes Your Pumpkin Grow?
Environmentally conscious pumpkin growers can turn to a natural source of nitrogen and phosphorus in the form of urine to help improve yields.
Herbal Problem
Gingko biloba can have deleterious effects in people with epilepsy, increasing the frequency of seizures and interfering with their prescription medication.
Kicking Around Carbon
New insights into fullerene chemistry have emerged from graphene research showing the soccerball-shaped molecules forming as graphene flakes lock together.
Some Like It Hot: The Scale of Wilburn Lincoln Scoville
Only capsicum can synthesize chemical compounds irritating our tongue to produce a pleasant spicy feeling!
Phase Change Materials: Optical Storage
Data storage has always been a major aspect in the development of mankind...
Stem Cells – Growing Up Means Saturation
Differences between the biochemistry of stem cells and mature heart and nerve cells have been revealed.
Targeted Identification
Gisbert Schneider and co-workers, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, report on target profile prediction to identify cross-activities of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR).
Deracemize to Reracemize
Deracemization of mandelic acid to optically pure L-phenylglycine via a redox-neutral biocatalytic cascade.
Structure-Based Ligand Design
Freya Klepsch and Gerhard F. Ecker, University of Vienna, Austria, highlight the Impact of the recent mouse P-glycoprotein structure for structure-based ligand design.