Japanese reseachers show that prions can contribute to drug resistance and cellular adaptation

Not All Prions Are Destructive

How Does Broken DNA Get Repaired?
New dual-molecule technique resolves molecular recognition step in DNA repair mechanism

85th Birthday: Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen, winner of the Nobel Prize for analyses of fast chemical reactions, celebrates his 85th birthday

The Future of Medicinal Chemistry
T. Hoffmann and R. Metternich, F. Hoffmann−La Roche Ltd., look at potential areas for drug R&D outside traditional medicinal chemistry

Alcohol-Butadiene Hydrohydroxyalkylation
Direct redox-triggered carbon-carbon coupling sets stage for development of catalysts that exhibit enhanced stereoselectivities

Angewandte Chemie 19/2012: The Secret of Print
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Silicon Nanosponges for Cellular Patterning
Microscopic patterning of mammalian cells using inorganic nanosponges could facilitate new tissue engineering technology

Stable Branched DNA G-Quadruplexes
The trebler phosohoramidite enables the synthesis of DNA quadruplexes with modifications on only one of the four strands

Unnatural Amino Acids
Engineering methylaspartate ammonia lyase has helped researchers with the asymmetric synthesis of unnatural amino acids

Guess the Chemist (5)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?