A supplement providing a snapshot of the latest developments in chemical biology
Issue 5
Research Highlights
Fluorescent sensor detects dying cells
A series of molecular probes that could allow doctors to tailor treatments to individual cancer patients has been developed.
Researchers could be closer to understanding how normal cells turn into cancer cells, thanks to a discovery by Japanese scientists.
Chemists in Canada have demonstrated the potential of acoustic waves in the study of protein activity.
Deoxyribose is the weakest link in tumour therapy
Disintegrating sugars are bringing researchers a step closer to understanding how tumours are destroyed by radiation therapy.
Exploring the mechanism of a thymidylate synthase
An unexpected discovery could lead to new antibiotics, claim researchers in the US.
Scientists in the UK have explained how bacterial proteins assist other proteins to fold.
Calixarene chemists develop CJD test
A diagnostic test to detect the pathogenic prion proteins responsible for BSE and Creutzfeld-Jakob disease is being developed in France.
Scientists in Israel have used computer simulations to understand how protons transfer across the surfaces of proteins.
Signalling device pinpoints cells
A device for investigating cell signalling has been invented by researchers from the US.
Essential Elements
Royal recognition for green technology
One of the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education was recently awarded to Queen's University Ionic Liquids Laboratories (QUILL), Belfast, UK.
Celebrating a successful first year of publication, RSC Publishing will provide free access to all readers of its two new journals, Soft Matter and Molecular BioSystems.
Over 200 people gathered at the RSC reception in the Hilton Hotel, Atlanta on 26th March.
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