The number of effective anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs continues to dwindle; can we find new agents for treating drug-resistant TB?

A Drug Pipeline Going Dry

New Tool for Biomarker Verification
Gold electrode-based biochip has been shown to sequentially capture and focus antigens for immunoaffinity mass spectrometry testing

Overcoming Cancer Chemoresistance
The effectiveness of current cancer treatments can be improved with brusatol which also combats chemoresistance

Synthesis of Scyphostatin
New route to scyphostatin analogues allows the late-stage manipulation of hydrophobic chains that control N-SMase inhibition

How Safe Is Nano?
Nanotoxicology: An interdisciplinary challenge

Nanoparticles Filter Cancer Cells
Outside-the-body filtration device removes a large portion of the free-floating cancer cells that often create secondary tumors

Angewandte Chemie 5/2011: Building Bridges
An overview of the lastest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Protein Discrimination in Human Blood
Synthetic polypeptide conjugate that selectively binds target proteins could offer alternative to antibodies for protein recognition

Matthias Zachert: Merck Executive Board
Merck intends to name Matthias Zachert, CFO of Lanxess AG, to the Executive Board

Winner of the First iPad
Professor Hee Yoon Lee, KAIST, Korea, is the December winner of the campaign: Register for ChemViews Newsletter & Win an iPad