Do herbal remedies like St. John's wort live up to their claims or are they a source of additional complications?

Herbal Remediation or Complication?

ACS Meeting Denver: R. Zare on China
Richard Zare, Stanford University, USA, discusses his editorial on why the West should help China develop its science

Secrets of Ebola Virus Resistance Uncovered
Critical cellular protein that the Ebola virus needs to cause infection and disease identified; it is a promising antiviral target

Wolfram Koch on the GDCh’s Top Event
Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

Real-Time Monitoring of Biological Aerosols
The work is expected to lead to innovative methods for real-time detection of numerous threats from biological aerosol exposures

Temperature of Individual Cells
Individual cells shown to deviate from 37 °C with areas of high and low temperature which may give clues to their mechanistic roles

Cervical Cancer Diagnostics
Algorithm can spot the earliest biochemical changes that are a precursor to cervical cancer by untangling near-infrared Raman spectra

Why Does Influenza B Only Infect Humans?
Crystal structure of virus-protein complex explains why influenza B is restricted to humans

Mechanism of Melanin Protection Uncovered
Melanin’s ability to protect from radiation comes from electric current that allows regeneration

Redesigned Antibiotic for Antibiotic-Resistent Bacteria
Antibiotic vancomycin successfully reengineered to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria