Fluorescence lights up cells programmed to die

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for December 2012

24(S),25-epoxycholesterol stimulates dopaminergic neuron production, thus showing promise against neurodegeneration

Chemical functionalization of ‘toxic’ long carbon nanotubes reduces their effective length and alleviates asbestos-like pathogenicity

US researchers engineered the anti-leukemic drug Navitoclax into a new a compound devoid of toxic effects on platelets

Low-cost facile strategy to create free-standing, 3D ordered porous graphene structure via an “on water spreading” method

A ratiomeric fluorescent probe allows the rapid and selective detection of hydrogen sulfide in mitochondria

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Whey protein stabilizes nanotransporter and controls pH-dependent drug release

The immunosuppressant drug rapamycin prevents the premature loss of female fertility