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Angewandte Chemie 32/2012: Networking

Electrophilic Sneeze
Terpenoids isolated from common ragweed show ability to induce airways irritation

Heinz A. Staab (1926 ‒ 2012)
Heinz A. Staab, former President of the Max Planck Society and GDCh, died on July 29

Making Cisplatin Nanoparticles
Self-assembling cholesterol-succinic acid-cisplatinum II-based nanoparticles display high antitumor activity and reduce nephrotoxicity

Access to Cannabinoids
Simple and compact synthesis of a tricyclic resorcinol could provide route to novel analogs of conformationally restricted cannabinoids

Hypusine Keeps Tumor Away
Hypusine synthesis prevents development of lymphomas by relying on the polyamine–hypusine axis

Richard Neidlein (1930 – 2012)
Richard Neidlein, Heidelberg University, Germany, passed away on July 20

What Would Happen Without PSA Testing? Cancer Press Release
Is prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing an ineffective screen for prostate cancer? Or does it help save lives?

Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Barking up the Right Tree
Three new natural products from the bark of a Vietnamese evergreen tree show cytotoxic activity against cancer cells