It may be intended to protect coca plants from being eaten, but cocaine has founded a huge narcotics industry. Simon Cotton discovers the chemistry behind the high in this week’s Chemistry in its element podcast
June 2011
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Chemistry in its element – cocaine
Posted by Phillip on Thu 23 Jun 2011Categories: Podcasts | No Comments
Chemistry World’s round-up of money and molecules
Posted by Andrew on Wed 22 Jun 2011Categories: The Commercial Chemist | No Comments
Diabetes drug Bydureon approved in Europe – Generic competition to Levaquin on its way – And a lab product for ‘reprogramming’ normal cells into stem cells with no genetic footprint (more…)
This week on Chemistry World
Posted by Patrick on Mon 20 Jun 2011Categories: News , This week's stories | [6] Comments
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Chemistry World's round up of money and molecules
Posted by Andrew on Fri 17 Jun 2011Categories: The Commercial Chemist | [3] Comments
The biggest methanol plant in the world – A pill for treating alcohol dependence moves closer to a marketing application – And Boehringer Ingelheim extends its diabetes portfolio with €376 million Zealand deal (more…)
Swimming the microchannel for fertility
Posted by Elinor on Thu 16 Jun 2011Categories: News | 1 Comment
Conceiving a child is easy enough for some – I read that eight out of ten couples actively trying to get pregnant conceive within a year. But what of those couples that aren’t successful?
Chemistry in its element – hydrogen peroxide
Posted by Phillip on Wed 15 Jun 2011Categories: News , Podcasts | No Comments
From bleached blonde hair to rocket fuel, hydrogen peroxide gets an explosive reaction from Brian Clegg in this week’s Chemistry in its element podcast
Chemistry World’s round-up of money and molecules
Posted by Andrew on Wed 15 Jun 2011Categories: The Commercial Chemist | 1 Comment
World leaders dig deep and find $4.3 billion for vaccines for developing countries – Johnson & Johnson gets hit with a $327 million penalty for false marketing of Risperdal – And Intercell’s share price takes a pummelling after trial is stopped (more…)
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According to a BBC story frog and toad skin could help to cure over 70 major diseases.
We have all heard of venoms from various poisonous creatures being used to make antidotes for poisons, natural products being synthesised to make drugs and the health benefits of drinking various animal products such as milk. These are only a few ways in which chemists use nature to find answers to scientific problems, but have you ever heard of anyone using frog skin yet?… (more…)
Science is all around us we’re always told. From the shampoo you use first thing in the morning, to the computer you’re surfing the net with right now and the toothpaste you use last thing at night. Well now the UK Science Council has taken that saying to its logical conclusion and begun mapping science companies, organisations and even individuals all across the UK and the rest of the world. The aim of the Hidden Science map, the Council says, is to show anyone interested, particularly school children, just how much science is going on all around them. (more…)
