Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Insights into the relationship between a self-rated health, morbidity and mortality, the underlying immunological mechanisms.

A new route for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX avoids contamination with animal products and associated risks to human patients.

A lanthanide-complex-based ratiometric luminescence probe specific for peroxynitrite (ONOO^-) has been designed and synthesized.

Resorcylic acid lactone (RAL) representing a unique pharmacophore was edited to improve the properties and diversify the scaffold.

Polyethylene glycol and a polycarbonate of dihydroxyacetone, commonly used in sunless tanning creams, could find use in sealing surgical wounds.

Exploring the RPRL motif of apelin-13 through molecular simulation and biological evaluation of cyclic peptide analogues

Chromatography-mass spectrometry can diagnose many early diseases by checking peptides and proteins detected in urine against a biomarker database.

A new and more efficient method to manufacture insulin has been found by researchers from Helmholtz Centre in Braunschweig, Germany.

Who has made a significant contribution to chemistry? The call for tenders for the 2011 GDCh prizes is now open.