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Chemistry World
June 2011 |
Breaking through the barrier Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress   |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2011
Russell Johnson |
Hunting elusive green fluorescent proteins After a 40 year hunt, scientists have tracked down the genes responsible for fluorescent proteins in Obelia medusa - a type of jellyfish. Knowledge of these genes could lead to new fluorescent protein tags for use in cell biology. |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2011
Rebecca Brodie |
Nanospray for nanodrugs Teams from the US and Germany have developed a spray drying technique to fabricate drug formulations smaller than 100nm for pharmaceutical trials, improving the drugs' solubility, or bioavailability. |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2011
Mike Brown |
Ibuprofen: anticancer drug Scientists in the UK have moved a step closer to understanding how ibuprofen could help treat cancer. |
Chemistry World
May 25, 2011
James Urquhart |
Engineered bacterium to take on petrochemicals producers US sustainable chemicals company Genomatica has demonstrated a commercially viable approach for turning sugar into 1,4-butanediol -- a globally important petrochemical intermediate - using a metabolically engineered strain of E. coli. |
Chemistry World
May 25, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Bacteria could turn coffee waste into drugs Scientists at the University of Iowa, US, have discovered a new bacterium that feeds on caffeine. They claim it could synthesise various drug molecules and intermediates, and might even be used to decaffeinate coffee waste. |
Chemistry World
May 23, 2011
James Mitchell Crow |
Hatching a plan to kill worm pests A parasitic pest that can devastate entire fields of vegetable crops is a step closer to being brought under control, thanks to the synthesis of a compound that tricks its eggs into hatching early. |
Chemistry World
May 19, 2011
Jon Cartwright |
Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2011
James Urquhart |
Synthetic cannabis drug test US researchers have developed a new urine test for detecting and quantifying some of the metabolites associated with synthetic cannabis. |
Chemistry World
May 12, 2011
Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
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