Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: September 2023

Stabilizing the Antibacterial Natural Product Pseudouridimycin
Modified analogues as promising starting points for drug development

Liposomes with Methyl-Branched Hydrocarbons for Improved Drug Delivery
Design inspired by the low permeability of the cell membranes of archaea

Gold Nanoclusters for Bone Imaging and Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy
Surface phosphorylation of near-infrared-emitting nanoclusters enhances bone-targeting ability

Benzoxazole–Estradiol Chimeras with Anticancer Activity
Benzoxazoles have diverse pharmacological activities; estradiol derivatives can serve as anticancer agents

Drug Ingredient Reuse
Making active ingredients recovered from old pharmaceuticals available as chemicals for research and education

Expanding Fidaxomicin’s Spectrum of Antibiotic Activity
Semisynthetic approach to the development of next-generation antibiotics

Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 – Final Voting Results
Results of your predictions for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were honored for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Improved Synthesis Route for Lifitegrast
Scalable, highly selective, and protecting group-free approach