Biodegradable elastomers with properties that resemble human tissues now have improved strength and elasticity
New Family of Elastomers for Tissue Engineering
Doing Away with the Chaperone
New compound which destabilizes the molecular chaperone, heat-shock protein 90, has anticancer potential
Solid-Phase PCR in Real Time
First tool for real-time monitoring of solid-phase DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction and surface plasmon resonance
Tumor Imaging with Polymer Dots
New polymer - dot conjugatated with chlorotoxin peptide - targets malignant brain tumors in transgenic mouse model
Angewandte Chemie 12/2011: Worth Its Price
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Chemical Evolution — Interview with Katharina Al-Shamery (in German)
Chemical Evolution — Interview with Katharina Al-Shamery
2010 Trends in Biochemistry
An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine
Selenocyanate Contamination by Algae
Discovery that algae can produce the industrial contaminant selenocyanate could have implications for water monitoring
Quick Test for Stem Cells
New diagnostic test enables accurate and rapid assessment of the quality of pluripotent stem cell lines
Proteins: Food or Fuel?
Using proteins as a carbon source for energy production and biorefining could be possible with engineered microbial cells