6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (181+ words) Chemists sometimes have to work with extremely hazardous substances. And that means safety is paramount. A recent fatal incident involving hydrofluoric acid at Hokkaido University in Japan is a reminder to all laboratory scientists that we must never forget this…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (412+ words) A first-of-its-kind drug has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. The new drug, daraxonrasib (Rasonque), blocks Ras proteins, which are linked to many cancer types and were once thought to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1811+ words) This week, we discuss a study showing promise in applying CAR-T immunotherapy in bladder cancer tumours and breakdown how scientists have uncovered spectral signatures previously misassigned in carbon materials – with Frankie Macpherson and Mason Wakley. And, from lightweight aircraft components…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (234+ words) Chemistry World spoke with Marc Abrahams, who founded the Ig Nobels and hosts the annual award ceremony, just before this year’s winners are set to be announced. Marc Abrahams has hosted the annual Ig Nobel prize show since its founding…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (144+ words) A graduate student at Hokkaido University in Japan has died following an accident involving hydrofluoric acid. Two other students were harmed during the incident but are currently in a stable condition, according to a statement from the university. The incident…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (384+ words) Iberdomide belongs to a new class of drugs called CELMoDs that target the cereblon protein ‘Iberdomide approval marks a significant milestone in treatment of multiple myeloma,’ says Omar Nadeem, clinical director of the myeloma immune cell therapy program at the…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago   (461+ words) Chemistry World Baker’s yeast engineered to produce precursor for essential cancer drugs A modified baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) has been engineered to produce a precursor compound for two essential cancer medicines. By reconstructing a complex 45-enzyme biosynthetic pathway inside yeast,…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (636+ words) Source: © Sara Gironi Carnevale The approval of the first proteolysis-targeting chimera drug for breast cancer has thrown a spotlight on ubiquitin, the cell’s own protein-recycling signal. Researchers are now racing to decode its full chemical language – and exploit it against…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (321+ words) Chemistry World Industry framework aims to improve chemical hazard monitoring A new framework standardises chemical hazard data into simple metrics to help companies monitor safety across their supply chains. The industry-led initiative is designed to make it easier to understand…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (729+ words) Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry Nobody knows how much of the honey we buy is pure or adulterated, as detecting fraud remains surprisingly difficult. Nina Notman examines why finding fake honey is so analytically challenging — and what researchers are doing…...