An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Synthetic antibodies can be built from readily available peptides thanks to new technique

The shortest synthesis of biologically interesting bryostatin 7 uses a C—C bond forming hydrogenation

Hanno Wild discusses how the future of the pharma industry will depend on organic chemistry

Peter Seeberger, Director of the Max-Plank Institute, Potsdam, Germany, receives prize for work on carbohydrates

Gold nanoparticles diagnose flu in minutes allowing physicians to begin treatment when it’s most effective

Intramolecular amide-bond rearrangement gives a simple new route to cyclic peptides from unactivated linear precursors

First example of 3D assay of NO diffusion using an engineered 3D artery model; convenient and effective for drug screening

Cash register receipts that people place near paper money has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol A

Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects