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Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis compound | Chemistry World

Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis compound | Chemistry World - Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and, as there is no cure, early diagnosis is crucial for treatment to be effective. To this end, UK and US scientists have developed a labelled tracer compound that binds to plaques closely associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) so that the plaques can be picked up by a medical imaging technique.(10.1039/c2cc38443d)

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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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