Chemistry World Podcast

October 2008 

02.15: A failed anxiety drug could provide a novel treatment for cancer   

04.30: A biosensor made from proteins could speed drug development 

06.45: Fred Vom Saal from the endocrine disrupters group at the University of Missouri-Columbia explains the clinical concern over a chemical commonly found in plastics - bisphenol A   

13.00: How to break the bonds of global warming 

15.55: How plants manipulate their pollinators with chemicals 

18.10: Medicinal chemist Robert Fecik from the University of Minnesota takes us through the latest research in the quest to find new superbug-beating antibiotics 

24.45: Lab on a chip could improve IVF by identifying healthy embryos before implantation 

27.15: How to play pinball with atoms 

29.55: What seasonal fruit is associated with the atom? And do you know the answer to our Nobel-themed chemistry conundrum?