Tag Archives: pharmaceutical

10 chemical picks

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 25, 2011 Comments Off

Researcher lists more than 4,000 components of blood chemistry – After three years of exhaustive analysis led by a University of Alberta researcher, the list of known compounds in human blood has exploded from just a handful to more than …

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Slinn Pickings latest 10

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 22, 2011 Comments Off

Reprogrammed stem cells hit a roadblock – An international study shows that reprogramming cells leads to genomic aberrations. Blocking enzyme cut cancer spread – Scientists at the UK's Institute of Cancer Research have prevented breast cancer spreading to other organs …

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Sunday Slinn Pickings

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 20, 2011 Comments Off

Stanford researchers develop new technology for cheaper, more efficient solar cells – Applying an organic layer less than a nanometer thick improves the efficiency of certain solar cells three-fold. The technology could lead to cheaper, more efficient solar panels. Manipulating …

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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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10 chemical hits: Slinn Pickings

Posted by Robert Slinn on February 15, 2011 Comments Off

The lock shapes the key – Proteins normally recognize each other by their specific 3-D structure. If the key fits in the lock, a reaction can take place. However there are reactions at the onset of which the key does …

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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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