Deracemization of mandelic acid to optically pure L-phenylglycine via a redox-neutral biocatalytic cascade.

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.

Newly-developed agents allow all-weather hydrogen peroxide-based decontamination of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear contaminants.