The wisdom of crowds can help improve molecular diversity in a library of potential pharmaceutical candidates

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Evaluation of platinum–ethacrynic acid conjugates in the treatment of mesothelioma

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2011

Prodrugs selectively activated by high levels of reactive oxygen species in cancer cells could lead to more active and less toxic treatments

The timing of the key steps in antibiotic and potential anti-cancer compound, salinomycin's biosynthesis has been uncovered

Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica can be used as a possible substrate for bone tissue culture

Biomarkers previously invisible to mass spectrometry can now be detected with nanoparticles that concentrate and protect

Small molecules that inhibit biofilm development useful in treatment of chronic biofilm infections in combination with standard antibiotics

New calculations explain why vision uses the 11-cis form of the pigment retinal, rather than any of the other possible forms