A two-directional total synthesis has been used by US chemists to construct microbial molecules with anticancer properties

Liposomes containing ammonium bicarbonate release carbon dioxide bubbles that induce the killing of cancer cells

Natural product secreted by a soil bacterium shows promise as a new drug to treat tuberculosis

New results can help scientists understand the working mechanism of anesthetics

Professor Herbert Waldmann, Germany, is the recipient of the 2012 Emil Fischer Medal, awarded for work in organic chemistry

The benzodiazepine Ro5-3335 reduces the development of core binding factor leukemias by inhibiting RUNX1-CBFβ interactions

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Sphingolipid analogs improve drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier by targeting the transporter P-glycoprotein

A glycosilated polypropyletherimine dendrimer defends gut wall’s integrity during infectious inflammatory diarrhea

Re complex provides access to reverse-turn mimics for diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals