Sunflower proteins and their processing machinery hijacked to make protein rings – implications for plant-based drug production
Harnessing Sunflowers for Drug Production
Contrast Agent for Tumor Diagnostics
X-rays are not the only way: Phosphorescent metal–organic coordination polymers can also be used in optical imaging
New Max Planck Institute: Intelligent Systems
Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences
Commemorating Hermann Staudinger
It is 130 years since the birth of Hermann Staudinger, the father of polymer chemistry
New Family of Carborane-Functionalized Polymers
Inclusion of boron clusters into the side chains of polymers rather than the backbone gives a photoluminescent anion sensor
Multitarget Drugs against Prion Diseases
Hybrid lipoic acid derivatives attack prion disease on multiple fronts suggesting possible targets for treatment
Nanoparticle Reacts on Sound And Heat
Organic nanoparticle created that uses sound and heat to find and treat tumors could potentially change the way tumors are treated
Gernot Boche (1938 – 2011)
Gernot Boche, Professor Emeritus University of Marburg, Germany, passed away last week
Sorted Building Blocks
Synthesis of stereogradient poly(propylene carbonate) by stereo- and enantioselective copolymerization of propylene oxide with CO2
Take Your Vitamins!
Tocopherol Derivatives as New Dioxin Receptor Antagonists