Chemical biology news and research from across RSC Publishing.
Issue 3, Research News
Research Highlights
Bacteria come unstuck
14 February 2007
Pilicides reduce the number of hair-like pili on bacteria, but do not alter their physical properties.
Nervous response to drugs
12 February 2007
A non-destructive way to monitor cells reveals potential Alzheimer drug's effect on neurons.
Proteins join forces for wound healing
26 January 2007
UK scientists provide fresh insight into the protein-mediated events behind wound healing.
How iron chops up DNA
02 February 2007
Insights into how iron sandwich compounds cleave DNA could help scientists trying to develop anticancer drugs, say European researchers.
Quantitative venom proteomics
31 January 2007
Soluble dendrimers have been used to study differences in protein abundance in complex snake venoms.
Promiscuous aggregates persist in vivo
25 January 2007
Research from the US could lead to improved high throughput screening for drug discovery.
The genetic detective
08 February 2007
Will a selective way to detect genetic variations lead to personalised medicine?
Interview
Interview: A systematic future?
19 February 2007
Leroy Hood talks to Katherine Vickers about Google, prions and the human genome project.
Instant Insight
Instant insight: The soft cell
06 February 2007
Ulrich Schwarz, soft matter researcher at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, explains why softness matters for cells.
Essential Elements
Celebrations are the order of the day for Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC) as it enters a fifth year of publishing.
The early months of 2007 see an abundance of special issues from RSC journals.
A competition launched by RSC Publishing staff, which offered one lucky voter an iPod, closed recently with thousands of votes having been cast.
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