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Enzyme treatment could neutralize the effects of lethal chemicals

Any polymer that can be replicated could serve as a genetic material; British scientists discuss different types of synthetic nucleic acids

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Aspirin was first made in 1897 and is the most widely used medicine in the world, so how does it remain an exciting drug?

Using antibodies allows the specific detection of finasteride, steroids used for sports doping, in urine

Library of peptides on the surfaces of bacteria can capture new antibodies associated with sensitivity to gluten due to celiac disease

Butyltin(IV) benzoates show inhibition of thioredoxin reductase, interactions with proteins, and tumor cell growth inhibition

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

US researchers developed a probe for the two-photon fluorescent imaging of myelin lesions occurring in the spinal cord