A supplement providing a snapshot of the latest developments in chemical biology
Issue 7
Research Highlights
Inhibitor found for deadly protein
Scientists in the US have found a potential drug for to treat botulism, a deadly form of food poisoning and possible bioterrorism weapon.
Taiwanese researchers have created artificial liver lobules that could lead to synthetic tissue on demand.
Supramolecular chemistry silences genes
Dendrimers can be used to switch off specific genes, say chemists in France and China.
Blood cell role in diabetes complications
Red blood cells are much more than just transporters of oxygen, say US chemists.
A drug for the treatment of high blood phosphate levels is offering relief for dialysis patients.
Swedish scientists have demonstrated how a natural amino acid can be used to probe protein conformations.
A series of inexpensive, one step methods to prepare cell microarrays could find application in stem cell research.
The twists and turns of synthetic peptides
Bioorganic chemists have made peptide-like molecules that could aid the search for new medicines.
Additional Web Content
Anticancer drugs from bacteria?
Bacteria being used to make anticancer agents could provide an extra source of lead compounds for the pharmaceutical industry.
Essential Elements
250 good reasons to keep on reading
Journal of Materials Chemistry celebrates its 250th issue later this month.
PCCP-going weekly, thinking nano
Over the coming months PCCP will publish a timely series of themed issues on nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Downloadable ChemDraw files and links to databases including PubChem are among the additional online features on offer to authors and readers of Molecular BioSystems.
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