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

Make your predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here

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

Forms of autism associated with BCKDK mutations might benefit from a diet supplemented with branched chain aminoacids

Attachment of a membrane-interacting protein allows a dendrimer to enter cells, making it a potentially useful drug-delivery vehicle

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