The naming of the new elements causes a stir in the Wonderlab

Wonderlab Comic — Fashion Chemistry

Rallying the Stem Cell Troops
New CXCR4 antagonists found to be as potent as commercial drug in mobilizing stem cells

Nanosensors Replace Animal Experiments
Sensor nanoparticles might reduce the need for animal testing

Stopping Bleeding with H-Bonding
New multilayer films that use electrostatic interactions to incorporate blood clotting agent could be used where tourniquets can’t

A. Teasdale on Genotoxic Impurities in Drugs
Andrew Teasdale, AstraZeneca, talks about his book on genotoxic impurities and what constitutes an acceptable drug risk

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month

Genetic Vectors
Synthetic viral capsules can be constructed easily and might be used in highly efficient gene therapy to deliver genetic agents to cells

Cholesterol Sludge
Statistical mechanics provids new insights into behavior of cholesterol/phospholipid mixtures in cell membranes

Design Effective Figures for Scientific Publications
A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists

New Year’s Greetings from GDCh President
Professor B. Albert, the new GDCh (German Chemical Society) president, introduces herself to the membership