Medicinal chemistry – Page 69

  • Antibiotic tablets on a white table
    Podcast

    Vancomycin

    2010-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explains the chemistry behind Vancomycin, an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections

  • Periodic table of the elements – 4 – Beryllium
    Podcast

    Beryllium

    2010-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition

  • Periodic table of the elements – 26 – Iron
    Podcast

    Iron

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Kary Mulllis discovers what makes metabolism possible

  • Periodic table of the elements – 30 – Zinc
    Podcast

    Zinc

    2008-04-09T00:00:00Z

    We're still very intimate with this element that was known to the ancients

  • Radiation warning sign reading "Walk in and drive in forbidden", Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant, Chelyabinsk, Russia
    News

    Polonium-210: A deadly element

    2006-12-21T08:51:00Z

    Litvinenko death sparks radiochemical investigation

  • A photograph of Albert Hofmann with an a model of the LSD molecule
    Feature

    LSD: cultural revolution and medical advances

    2005-12-22T21:06:00Z

    Albert Hofmann has largely faded from public view but his creation has become part of our cultural fabric. David Nichols reports