An efficient new strategy for synthesizing a natural marine product that shows promising anti-tuberculosis activity but cannot be efficiently synthesized using conventional chemistry has been reported ...

Scientists, clinicians, and other investigators are discovering new uses for drugs previously known for different medical indications. Such “drug repurposing” (also called drug repositioning, ...

Addressing the obviousness analysis for method of treatment claims, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding of non-obviousness but rejected part of its ...

Changing the chemistry of a compound is difficult by itself, but modifying materials only a few atoms thick is its own challenge. A group of University of Chicago scientists announced an innovative ...

A new method to capture carbon dioxide from the air has been developed at the University of Helsinki's chemistry department.