Hybrid lipoic acid derivatives attack prion disease on multiple fronts suggesting possible targets for treatment

Flower-like dipeptide template enables nanoflake film formation - expected to broaden application of biomaterials in surface science

Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors with bisphosphonate moiety show promise for treating tumor-induced bone disease

New cyclic rotaxane that encapsulates tetrathiafulvalene also opens way for new topologically interesting systems

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2011

New compound which destabilizes the molecular chaperone, heat-shock protein 90, has anticancer potential

A rapid approach to diverse alkaloid-like compounds which may lead to novel biological active small molecules

Antibiotic’s backbone monitored by Raman optical activity to show preferred conformations in dioxane and methanol

The ambient fixation of carbon dioxide can be achieved by converting it to cyclic carbonates with a ZnIIsalphen catalyst

New class of phosphorescent iridium(III) porphyrin complexes leads to tunable oxygen indicators