How arsenic stops leukaemia

In Nature China this week: Arsenic trioxide triggers the degradation of an oncoprotein that drives leukaemia cell growth by binding arsenic to specific regions on the oncoprotein

Evolutionary virology: A viral fungicide
Researchers have identified a DNA virus that infects Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum, the fungus that causes white mould in plants

Medicinal chemistry: How arsenic stops leukaemia
Arsenic trioxide triggers the degradation of an oncoprotein that drives
leukaemia cell growth by binding arsenic to specific regions on the
oncoprotein

Evolutionary developmental biology: Growing feathers
New fossil finds show that the oviraptorosaur Similicaudipteryx
underwent radical morphological changes during its feather development

Human evolution: Ancient diet
Charred residues found on prehistoric cooking utensils reveal the
diversity of carbohydrates ancient Chinese people once had in their diet

Published: 05 May 2010

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