Micropatterned substrate that mimics heart muscles can be used to direct differentiation in adult human stem cells

Controlling Stem Cell Differentiation

Potential Methamphetamine Vaccine
Six structures have been identified as promising leads for a vaccine to prevent methamphetamine addiction

Single Peptide-Surface Interaction
Investigations into how peptides bind to surfaces show that weak, non-covalent interactions may be the key to new biomimetic materials

Dopamine Testing on the Move
Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry with carbon-fiber microelectrodes can probe neurochemical signaling in freely moving rats

Rise of the Micromachines
Self-propelled microrockets that pickup and transport pancreatic tumor cells under physiological conditions have been developed

New Class of Oxazine Derivatives
Three-component assembly provides a simple route to new aminooxazine derivatives of pharmaceutical interest

Angewandte Chemie 17/2011: A Good Catch
An overview of the latest edition of Angewandte Chemie

Total Synthesis of HIV-1 Rev Protein
Protein that plays an important role in the HIV replication cycle can now be synthesized chemically

Ice Cream, Organs, and Antifreeze Proteins
Understanding how antifreeze proteins from Antarctic bacterium bind to ice crystals could improve organ transplants and ice cream

Probing Intracellular Viscosity
Measuring intracellular viscosity could explain how molecules and signals are transported in diseases such as cystic fibrosis