Salimabromide is the first natural product to be isolated from the Plesiocystis/Enhygromyxa clade of marine myxobacterium

First Natural Product from Marine Myxobacteria

Fooling Toxins with Mimetic Nanosponges
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles wrapped with red blood cell membranes neutralize pore-forming toxins

Most Accessed Articles: April 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for April 2013

Frances Arnold Awarded Emanuel Merck Lectureship 2013
Professor Frances Arnold, Caltech, USA, has been awarded the Emanuel Merck Lectureship and will deliver a special public lecture

Meat, Bacteria, and Atherosclerosis
By metabolizing L-carnitine, a nutrient abundant in red meat, intestinal bacteria promote atherosclerosis

Exploiting Structural Differences in Serotonin Receptors
Serotonin receptors present structural differences which can be used to design agonistic drugs devoid of side effects

Hope for Hepatitis Drug
A straightforward synthesis of an antiviral drug, entecavir, to treat hepatitis B has industrial scale-up potential

New Route to Anticancer Agent Quinocarcin
Synthesis of quinocarcin through a convergent strategy based on Sonogashira coupling and gold(I)-catalyzed hydroamination

Awakening to New Drugs against Sleeping Sickness
Structure–activity relationships and optimization of triazine nitriles as rhodesain inhibitors

Intellectual Freedom in Academic Scientific Research under Threat
Sir John Meurig Thomas, UK, argues that scientific research motivated by intellectual curiosity is being restricted by funding bodies