Gregory Winter, UK,and Richard Lerner, USA, receive the Prince of Asturias Award for their work on antibodies and immunology

Lycopene and fish oil synergize to prevent colon cancer’s growth and progression

Largest chromatography plant for purification-based manufacturing in pharmaceutical industry

Nanocapsules containing penicillin acylase can make their own antibiotic and deliver it to a specific target site

Microporous silica nanoparticles capped with galacto-oligosaccharides selectively deliver cargo to senescent cells

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 has been awarded to R. Lefkowitz and B. Kobilka for their work on G protein-coupled receptors

The replication of hepatitis C virus can be blocked by compounds targeting an allosteric site in the viral protein NS3

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 has been awarded jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka

Selective tumor treatment: beta-galactosidase releases active agent from prodrugs

Novel cephalosporin-based fluorescent probes allow a rapid, specific and sensitive detection of tubercle bacilli