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10 chemical hits: Slinn Pickings

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 18, 2011 Comments Off

Venom of marine snails provide new drugs – Baldomero Olivera studies chemical compounds found in the venoms of marine cone snails, a potential source of powerful, yet safe and effective drugs. He will discuss the development of Prialt – an …

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A new batch of ten Slinn Pickings

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 16, 2011 Comments Off

Sterility in frogs caused by environmental pharmaceutical progestogens – Frogs appear to be very sensitive to progestogens, a kind of pharmaceutical that is released into the environment. Female tadpoles that swim in water containing a specific progestogen, levonorgestrel, are subject …

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Yet more chemistry news

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 12, 2011 Comments Off

New method takes snapshots of proteins as they fold – Scientists have invented a way to ‘watch’ proteins fold — in less than thousandths of a second — into the elaborate twisted shapes that determine their function. LED products billed …

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Chemical hits from Slinn Pickings

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 11, 2011 Comments Off

Space ice goes against the grain – Space ice made from a mixture of methanol and water expands under pressure, and shrinks when heated – the opposite behaviour to most solids. Dominic Fortes at University College London, UK, is interested …

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Slinn Pickings: Crystal clear

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 6, 2011 Comments Off

Three-dimensional atomic imaging of crystalline nanoparticles – Researchers report the 3D reconstruction of a complex crystalline nanoparticle at atomic resolution. Drug discovery: A question of library design – Two approaches have emerged for creating libraries of compounds for use in …

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Chemical news from Robert Slinn

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 28, 2011 Comments Off

Filtered chemistry news from Robert Slinn for Reactive Reports. First report on fate of underwater dispersants in Deepwater Horizon oil spill – Scientists are reporting that key chemical components of the 770,000 gallons of oil dispersants applied below the ocean …

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