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Improving Drug Delivery to the Brain
Sphingolipid analogs improve drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier by targeting the transporter P-glycoprotein

Glycosilated Dendrimers Protect the Gut
A glycosilated polypropyletherimine dendrimer defends gut wall’s integrity during infectious inflammatory diarrhea

Rhenium-Centric Reverse Turn Mimics
Re complex provides access to reverse-turn mimics for diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals

A Diet Against Autism
Forms of autism associated with BCKDK mutations might benefit from a diet supplemented with branched chain aminoacids

Peptidodendrimer Drug Delivery
Attachment of a membrane-interacting protein allows a dendrimer to enter cells, making it a potentially useful drug-delivery vehicle

Angewandte Chemie 38/2012: Only the Finest
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New Treatment for Stroke?
Ceria nanoparticles could lessen the damage from ischemic strokes

Predicting Solvation with Computational Chemistry – Interview with A. Klamt
Creator of the COSMO-RS method for quantifying molecular interactions in liquids, on how he started COSMOlogic and how it benefits industry

Saffron: A Spice for the Eyes
Saffron’s volatile oil safranal decreases retinal degeneration in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa