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Chemistry World
August 22, 2012
Alisa Becker |
Trojan horse tuberculosis treatment The emergence of drug resistant bacterial strains has led to an urgent need for new antibiotic agents. Scientists in the US are utilizing the iron uptake pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a 'Trojan horse' approach to tuberculosis treatment.   |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2012
Simon Perks |
Popcorn flavoring presents worker risk A butter flavoring used in the production of microwave popcorn could be a respiratory hazard to workers and could even alter gene expression in the brain. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2012
Emily Waltz |
Reading and Writing a Book With DNA Researchers are storing digital information in the form of DNA, but is it practical? Which will get us control of massively large data: electronic or molecular memory? |
Chemistry World
August 15, 2012 |
The latent threat of tuberculosis Although TB was close to being eradicated in the developed world, it is a major problem in developing countries. With drug-resistant strains on the increase, Clare Sansom outlines the latest in the fight against this killer disease |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2012
Anthony King |
Non-stick coating gives biofilms the slip A new class of material has been created that bacteria find incredibly hard to stick to. An estimated 80% of infections acquired in hospitals involve sticky biofilms of bacteria that build up on surfaces and it is challenging is to reduce their growth on medical devices, such as catheters. |
Chemistry World
August 10, 2012
Elinor Hughes |
Long life rice Zhen-Yu Chen and colleagues from The Chinese University of Hong Kong fed antioxidants in black rice extract to fruit flies and observed that the flies lived longer than they normally would. Their mean lifespan increased from 44 days to 50 days. |
Chemistry World
August 9, 2012
Jon Cartwright |
'Genetic code' guides nanoparticle growth Researchers in the US and China have demonstrated that DNA can also be used as a blueprint for the creation of non-biological structures. Their 'genetic code' could pave the way for tailored nanoparticles -- fit for use as catalysts, or in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. |
Chemistry World
August 8, 2012 |
Protein Coat for Gene Therapy Kenneth Woycechowsky's group at the University of Utah has modified a non-viral protein so that it will carry RNA. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2012
Emma Eley |
Improved drugs to treat malarial liver infection Antimalarial drugs with increased in vitro activity have been developed by scientists in Portugal and the US. These novel drugs, called primacins, are active against two stages of malarial infection. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2012
Hamish Kidd |
Plant power The Chemistry of Plants -- Perfumes, Pigments and Poisons by Margareta Sequin can be enjoyed by anyone interested in organic chemistry as exemplified in the world of plants. |
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