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Helping the fight against flu | Chemistry World

Helping the fight against flu | Chemistry World - With up to five million cases of the acute respiratory illness influenza leading to half a million deaths each year worldwide, the search for better treatments is important. Scientists from Australia and the US have developed a synthesis for a drug that gives higher yields and antiviral activity than currently used commercial drugs, such as Relenza (zanamivir) and Tamiflu (oseltamivir), they claim.(10.1039/c2md20300f)

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Platinum plating at the flick of a switch | Chemistry World

Platinum plating at the flick of a switch | Chemistry World - A quick and simple way to create catalytic atom thick layers of platinum has been developed by US scientists.(10.1126/science.1228925)

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Stopping endocrine disruptors in their tracks

Stopping endocrine disruptors in their tracks - US scientists have come up with a system to assess whether chemists' latest synthetic product is an endocrine disruptor – a chemical that interferes with hormone regulation in animals and humans.(10.1039/c2gc35055f)

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