An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 52/2011: Quo Vadis?

Preventing Tooth Decay
Dried licorice root fights the bacteria that cause tooth decay and gum disease

Is Vacuum Cleaning Healthy?
Vacuum cleaner emissions as a source of indoor exposure to airborne particles and bacteria

Wonderlab Comic — Fashion Chemistry
The naming of the new elements causes a stir in the Wonderlab

Rallying the Stem Cell Troops
New CXCR4 antagonists found to be as potent as commercial drug in mobilizing stem cells

Nanosensors Replace Animal Experiments
Sensor nanoparticles might reduce the need for animal testing

Stopping Bleeding with H-Bonding
New multilayer films that use electrostatic interactions to incorporate blood clotting agent could be used where tourniquets can’t

A. Teasdale on Genotoxic Impurities in Drugs
Andrew Teasdale, AstraZeneca, talks about his book on genotoxic impurities and what constitutes an acceptable drug risk

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month

Genetic Vectors
Synthetic viral capsules can be constructed easily and might be used in highly efficient gene therapy to deliver genetic agents to cells