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Chemical Biology

Chemical biology news and research from across RSC Publishing.



Issue 1, Research News


Instant Insight

cell structures

Instant insight: Natural remedies

13 December 2007

Jason Micklefield of the University of Manchester, UK, looks at how natural products hit the targets other molecules cannot reach


Interview

Thomas Kodadek

Interview: Top marks for proteomics

11 December 2007

Kathleen Too talks to Thomas Kodadek about Jacques Cousteau, biomarkers and diagnostic tools.


Research Highlights

Immunofluorescence microscopy shows effects of magnetic field hyperthermia on tubulin and actin

Turning up the heat on cancer

22 November 2007

Magnetic nanoparticles are being developed as a highly selective cancer treatment.


alpha-synuclein aggregates

Solving the insoluble problem for Parkinson's

20 November 2007

Electrochemistry could help us better understand Parkinson's disease.


A computer simulation of a fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor binding to the enzyme

A model solution to depression?

27 November 2007

Scientists have finally calculated how to inhibit an enzyme linked to anxiety, pain and depression.


Cells stuck to a polyurethane surface treated with zirconium tetra(tert-butoxide) and a cell-adhesive peptide

Selectively-sticky-back plastic

07 December 2007

A simple and effective treatment can make plastics more biocompatible by altering their surface properties.


DNA helix

Self-destructing DNA

03 December 2007

Singaporean scientists have discovered a new type of catalytic DNA that can cut itself in two.


Packaging cells

The viral production line

30 November 2007

Microfactory supplies retrovirus for gene therapy applications.


Analysing genes with a microfluidic processor

Microfluidics prove in-gene-ious

05 December 2007

Analysing genes in individual cells is now simpler, cheaper and more effective thanks to US researchers.


Essential Elements

A new journal for the new year

A new journal, Energy & Environmental Science, will be launched in summer 2008 by RSC Publishing.


It's off and running!

Less than three years after the first ever publication in 2005 - Molecular BioSystems is now officially off and running as a solo publication.


And finally...

RSC Book Wins Dingle Prize


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