During Escherichia coli infection the siderophore yersiniabactin binds host copper to counteract its toxicity

Chelating Copper to be Virulent

So Much Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

Cancer Test on Paper
A simple paper-based array can be used for electrochemical cancer screening according to Chinese researchers

Angewandte Chemie 32/2012: Networking
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Electrophilic Sneeze
Terpenoids isolated from common ragweed show ability to induce airways irritation

Heinz A. Staab (1926 ‒ 2012)
Heinz A. Staab, former President of the Max Planck Society and GDCh, died on July 29

Making Cisplatin Nanoparticles
Self-assembling cholesterol-succinic acid-cisplatinum II-based nanoparticles display high antitumor activity and reduce nephrotoxicity

Access to Cannabinoids
Simple and compact synthesis of a tricyclic resorcinol could provide route to novel analogs of conformationally restricted cannabinoids

Hypusine Keeps Tumor Away
Hypusine synthesis prevents development of lymphomas by relying on the polyamine–hypusine axis

Richard Neidlein (1930 – 2012)
Richard Neidlein, Heidelberg University, Germany, passed away on July 20