The Leiden Bio Science Park twins with Jiangsu Life Sciences & Technology Innovation Park in Nanjing

Platinium complexes for luminescent probes for G-quadruplex DNA and down-regulation of c-myc oncogene

Synthesis and biological characterization of amidopropenyl hydroxamates as histone deacetylase inhibitors for cancer treatment

With new impact factors being announced, ChemViews takes a look at their calculation, controversy and usage.

"Gone is gone. There are no alternatives." - Interview with Koop Lammertsma, VU University, the Netherlands.

"It puzzles me why some chemists do not see chemistry as the big science." - Interview with Ben Daivis, University of Oxford, UK

An asymmetric total synthesis of the natural product erythro-8-O-4'-neolignan, machilin C, and its analog has been developed.

Unique blue fluorescent chlorophyll decomposition products in banana leaves not mere detoxification products

Cells behave differently when in 2 D environments, such as Petri dishes, to more natural, 3 D structures such as those in the human body.

Leading environmental and health campaign groups fear that MEPs may lack courage to ban all highly hazardous products.