European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Two-step strategy presents a new route for the design of structurally novel anti-influenza drugs

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Drug discovery - where does the future lie? Small molecule drugs will play a major role according to H. Wild and D. Heimbach

Nasal stem cells could help tackle childhood hearing problems according to researchers in Australia

Microsponges derived from seaweed shown to detect biomarkers in diagnostic bio-nano-chips for heart disease, cancers, and HIV

The companies will jointly develop solutions for the production of new and generic anti-cancer therapeutics

Polyphenols found in chocolate shown to lower levels of “bad” cholesterol while increasing production of heart-healthy cholesterol

Vincenzo Barone, the new president of the Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), talks about the SCI, IYC 2011, politics, young chemists

With diseases such as malaria being classed as rare and neglected, ChemMedChem takes a look at the latest research in this field