AI meets chemistry to uncover potent AChE inhibitors; six new molecules could pave the way for safer, more effective Alzheimer’s treatments.

AI Drug Hunt Reveals Promising Alzheimer’s Leads

Smart gel halts brain tumor spread
A novel hyaluronic acid hydrogel locally blocks MMP-2, stopping glioblastoma cells from migrating and reducing tumor recurrence risk

Targeted heat therapy for clots using smart nanomicelles
Smart nanomicelles target clots via activated platelets and dissolve them with heat, offering a safer, drug-free approach to thrombolysis

Aggregation-Enhanced Tetrahedral DNA Nanostructures for Targeted Drug Delivery
TACs System: A Precision Nanotherapeutic Strategy for Combating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA

ChemistryEurope Update
Just published articles from ChemistryEurope, the flagship journal of Chemistry Europe

Halogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks (XOFs) Enhanced Synergistic Photothermal-Chemotherapy in Bacterial Keratitis Treatment
Shigui Chen (Wuhan University, China), Yang Cheng and Wei Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China), and colleagues have synthesized two halogen-bonded organic frameworks (XOFs)...

Editors’ Choice: Daily Highlights from Chemistry Europe Journals
Selection of just published articles from Chemistry Europe, GDCh, and ACES journals

New Heterobimetallic Complexes with Anticancer Activity
The modification of ferrociphenol by appending a phosphine moiety to the cyclopentadienyl ring (initially unsubstituted) of the ferrocene unit offers a new and promising approach to enhancing this anticancer agent and enables the synthesis of novel biologically active derivatives.

Safe & Fast Flow Synthesis of Nitrofuran Pharmaceuticals
Automated continuous flow synthesis enables rapid nitration of furfural to produce nitrofuran-based pharmaceuticals with high yields in five minutes.

Engineered Gold–Iron Nanoclusters for Enhanced Tumor Therapy
Au₈Fe₂ nanoclusters activate multiple tumor cell death pathways and enable MRI-based diagnosis