The daily exposure levels to metals and metalloids contaminating some natural health products exceed allowable limits

Natural Health Products: Really Safe?

A Chemical Examination of the Isenheim Altar: Role Played in History by Horned Rye (2)
What is an ergot-infested grain kernel? Part 2 looks at the life-cycle of the fungus, how it contributed to the Salem witch trials, and a self test

Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry 2012
Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, and Corey R. J. Stephenson, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, awarded

Conducting Hydrogels for Nerve Regeneration
Combining conducting polymers with the structural properties of hydrogels could give scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration

New Consortium Will Optimaze Drug Discovery
K4DD consortium launched to routinely study kinetic aspects of drug-target interactions in robust and accessible assays

Nanoparticles with a Double Nature
Magnetic nanoparticles producing oxidative stress kill tumor cells following magnetic heat treatments at mild temperatures

From Rotting Mushroom to Drug?
Bacterial virulence factor of mushroom soft rot identified and could help find a drug to treat fungal infections in humans

Mimicking Human Skin with Nickel Nanoparticles
A composite material made by incorporating nickel nanoparticles into self-healing polymers mimics human skin’s features

A Covalent Bond to Control Drug Release
Covalently binding mesoporous silica nanoparticles to pro-drugs facilitates the controlled release of therapeutics

Soldier Beetles Teach Polyacetylenic Fatty Acid Synthesis
By discovering how insects synthesize polyacetylenic fatty acids, scientists found a new way to produce these promising therapeutic compunds