Allosteric Effectors of Human Hemoglobin

The molecular composition of a glutamate-binding site in the brain determines vulnerability to stress; may help predict individual risk for stress-related diseases

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to work together for better chemical safety

Hope for previously untreatable, prion-caused diseases comes from the indole-3-glyoxylamide family

The first stereoselective total synthesis of Amphidinin B has been achieved on a gram-scale, allowing biological evaluation

Xiaoming Feng, Laurent Maron, Hsiang-Rong Tseng, and François P. Gabbaï, are interviewed this month

Revealed: Biochemistry explaining potency and addictive nature of cannabis-like "herbal high" sold as incense in Europe

Biocompatibility and water solubility of cellular probes have been improved with iridium complexes with carbohydrates attached

A cocktail of small molecules is able to convert fully differentiated skin cells back into stem cells

Karl Gademann, University of Basel, Switzerland, and Jin-Quan Yu, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA, awarded