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Opinion
Letters: February 2012
In his comment article, David Fox (Chemistry World, January 2012, p42) highlights the importance of having access to a well-curated repository of small molecules for drug discovery (and chemical genomics), but he feels that it is important to ’combine a well-validated target with a means of intervention that minimises attrition ...
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Opinion
The language of the lab
Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come
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Opinion
A packed dancefloor
To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
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OpinionAsteriscunolide D
Medium rings are a beguiling feature found in a host of natural products, owing to their behavioural oddities. While the properties and synthesis of smaller rings (three to six atoms in size) are well known, and that of true macrocycles can at least be estimated, each medium ...
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Opinion
Editorial: Sustainable Energy for All
Switching on the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
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Opinion
Letters: January 2012
Why is Chemistry World so shy about showing the language of chemistry on its pages? We do after all possess, along with music, one of the most efficient notations ever invented. So, in the latest edition I was very interested to see an article on marine adhesives (Chemistry World, Dec ...
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Opinion
Rewards of repurposing
Derek Lowe discusses how companies are increasingly trying to do more with the compounds they already know a lot about