How urea may have been the gateway to life

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Geneva have developed a new method that allows them to observe chemical reactions taking place in liquids at extremely high temporal resolution. This means they can examine ...

New enzyme could aid anticancer drug development

Many of the drugs we use to treat cancer and infectious disease are—or derive from— natural products, but it's difficult to know exactly how nature assembles them.

Towards synthesis of phenanthridine-based pharmaceutical compounds

Phenanthridines are heterocyclic compounds consisting of two six-membered benzene rings fused to a six-membered ring containing nitrogen. They are found in many naturally occurring organic compounds known for their anticancer ...

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