Medicinal chemistry – Page 58

Research
Mirror peptides hitch a lift into the cell

2014-09-30T00:00:00Z

Hijacking nature’s tricks to smuggle drugs across the cell membrane
Research
Nanoparticle studies leave the lab

2014-09-29T00:00:00Z

Scientists take to the outdoors to show that single walled carbon nanotubes accumulate and persist in aquatic sediments
Feature
Pepping up antibiotics

2014-09-29T00:00:00Z

Industry and academia are turning to antimicrobial peptides to find new antibiotics, Andy Extance discovers
News
NIH wants scientists to consider sex in research

2014-09-26T00:00:00Z

Preclinical and clinical research is overreliant on male test subjects which can cloud future work in humans
Business
Review says cheaper drug is safe for eye disease

2014-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cochrane collaboration says side effects of expensive Lucentis and off-label Avastin are similar
Feature
Faster, cheaper, better diagnostics

2014-09-24T00:00:00Z

Microfluidics researchers are aiming to bring new diagnostic devices into mainstream medicine. Mark Peplow reports
Feature
Chemistry in bloom

2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sarah Houlton discovers the chemistry among the specimens at many botanical gardens
Research
Painkiller found in plants may not be natural after all

2014-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cow pats from cattle fed tramadol could explain how the drug came to be in an African herb
Research
Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise

2014-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gold nanoparticles functionalised with amino acid polymer inhibit the growth of amyloid fibres associated with neurodegenerative disease
Research
Antimalarial flow synthesis closer to commercialisation

2014-09-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists in Germany hope their continuous flow method will boost accessibility of artemisinin-derived medicines
Research
Higher levels of some metals in e-cigarette smoke

2014-09-08T00:00:00Z

Scientists call for regulators to help clear smoke and mirrors surrounding vaping safety
Research
CPU heat powers PCR disease detection

2014-09-08T00:00:00Z

Computer and mobile phone combo detects Chagas disease in blood and could drive down diagnosis costs
Research
Bringing chemical synthesis to the masses

2014-09-07T00:00:00Z

Researchers hope simple system to build thousands of peptides without enzymes, cells or reagents will be accessible to all
Research
Urine test could catch lung cancer early

2014-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cancer diagnosis could be accelerated using an approach that is low cost, rapid and non-invasive
Business
Servier to appear in adverts over lack of transparency

2014-09-05T00:00:00Z

Adverts in the medical press will name French pharma firm for failing to comply with disclosure rules
Podcast
Chemistry World podcast - September 2014

2014-09-05T00:00:00Z

We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells
Business
Piramal exits drug discovery in India

2014-09-03T00:00:00Z

Company will concentrate on generic medicines and clinical and contract research.
Research
Experimental Ebola drug 'impressive' in animal trials

2014-09-01T00:00:00Z

All primates given ZMapp are cured of Ebola but the drug is still a long way from approval in humans
Podcast
Glycerol

2014-08-27T00:00:00Z

Simon Cotton describes one of his favourite school chemistry experiments, involving this week’s compound: Glycerol
Research
Fluorinating new life into an increasingly ineffective antibiotic

2014-08-27T00:00:00Z

Aminoglycoside analogue evades bacterial resistance mechanism