Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 46/2012: Creating a Pattern

Modular Design for Delivery
Attach an address module and a cell-penetrating peptide for delivery of lanthanide-scandium mixed-metal cluster fullerenes

Radioprotective Molecules
Blocking iodide transport by inhibiting the sodium iodide symporter

A Chemical Examination of the Isenheim Altar: Role Played in History by Horned Rye (1)
The Isenheim Altar depicts the symptoms and treatment of “St. Anthony’s Fire”, the result of poisoning by ergot alkaloids

Patchwork Nanosheets Help Burns Patients
Biodegradable nanosheets protect burn wounds against infection and could reduce the need for dressings to be changed daily

A Migraine Drug Fights Neurodegeneration
The migraine drug naratriptan improves motor neuron degeneration in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Into Neurotensin’s Binding Mode
The crystal structure of the activated neurotensin receptor revealed how it interacts with its agonist

Engelbert Zass Awarded
E. Zass, Head of the Chemistry Biology Pharmacy Information Center at ETH Zurich, will be awarded the Gmelin Beilstein Medal

Assembling Gold Nanorods Using DNA
American scientists used DNA hybridization to assemble therapeutic near infrared-responsive gold nanoparticles

Angewandte Author Profiles October 2012
Dayang Wang, Günter Mayer, and Hiroshi Shinokubo were interviewed