Star fruit neurotoxin identified

Sweet Poison

A Drug to Fight Metastasis Selectively
Korean scientists developed a new compound that inhibits cancer metastasis in a selective manner

Frederick Sanger (1918 – 2013)
Frederick Sanger, only person who has been awarded two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, passed away yesterday

The Falling Walls Conference
The tremendous possibilities arising for mankind were presented in a single day

W Could Promote Strokes
Elevated levels of tungsten in urine seem to double the risk for a stroke

Simplified Immunity
Synthetic diacylsulfoglycolipids are considered as potential subunit vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Targeting Mitochondrial Respiration
The anti-histaminic drug meclizine may be used to treat disorders of energy metabolism

75th Anniversary: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized November 16, 1938, by Albert Hofmann

Healthy Baked Blueberries?
UK scientists analyzed the impact of baking processes on the health benefits of blueberries

BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize
Professor Pierre Jacobs, KU Leuven, Belgium, was awarded the BASF-DECHEMA Alwin Mittasch Special Prize