Differences between the biochemistry of stem cells and mature heart and nerve cells have been revealed.

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).

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.

Fundamentals of Biological Wastewater Treatment, editors U. Wiesmann, I. S. Choi, E.-M. Dombrowski reviewed by P. M. Kunz

Biorefineries - Industrial Processes and Products: Status Quo and Future Directions, editors B. Kamm, P. R. Gruber, M. Kamm reviewed

Energizing Our Future: Rational Choices for the 21st Century by J. Wilson and G. Burgh reviewed by M. Scheffer, Zug, Switzerland

Handbook of Fuels: Energy Sources for Transportation, editor B. Elvers, reviewed by Alexander Vogel, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Germany

Introduction to Hydrogen Technology by R. J. Press et al. reviewed by Klaus-Michael Mangold, DECHEMA e. V., Germany

Combine liquid crystals (mesogens) and metal clusters and you get clustomesogens: a new class of compounds, the first examples of which have now been produced.