Pharmaceutical chemistry is one of the most active branches of applied chemistry, although much of the research in general chemistry and other biological and physical sciences are useful to it. Pharmaceutical chemistry concentrates on the chemical...

Medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry is a scientific discipline at the intersection of chemistry and pharmacology involved with designing, synthesizing and developing pharmaceutical drugs. Medicinal chemistry involves the identification, synthesis and...

Chemistry and medicines: an introductory text J R Hanson This introductory text illustrates the drug development process through the thoughts of medicinal or organic synthesis chemists, and is a must read for all biochemists in the drug development sector. Clearly destined for...

Progress in medicinal chemistry F King, G Lawton and A Oxford (eds) Oxford: Elsevier, 2004 A browse through the cumulative subject indexes for this series underlines the breadth of coverage over the years, from snake venoms to positron emission tomography, and from carbapenems...

Saying it's "time to make peace with the planet," Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday with a call for humanity to rise up against a looming climate crisis and stop waging war on the environment.The United States and China — the world's...

The big-bang theory of the universe, microcredit and literature exploring Turkey's clash of cultures will be honored as six American scientists, a Bangladeshi economist and a Turkish novelist receive the Nobel Prizes Sunday in Stockholm and Oslo.This year's awards, which were announced in October, also...