Porphyrins, the same molecules that convey oxygen in haemoglobin and absorb light during photosynthesis, can be joined to the material of the future, graphene, to give it new properties. The resulting ...

A team of researchers from Nanjing University and Nanjing Normal University has designed a new, affordable sensor to detect ...

Angélique P. J. M. van Birgelen, Kitty M. Fase, Jolanda van der Kolk, Hermann Poiger, Abraham Brouwer, Willem Seinen and Martin van den Berg We studied the effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ...

Liposome-like nanostructures that incorporate covalently bound porphyrin moieties within their bilayers can be used to image, deliver drugs to, and heat and destroy cancer cells, according to a new ...

John Groves, the Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2010 Hans Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. The ...

Parphyrin, mercury, and creatinine levels in single-void urine specimens ("spot samples") were compared with calculated 24-hour urine concentrations among 146 (77 male and 69 female) practicing ...

The main culprit in cancer is healthy cells that have gone rogue and acquire the ability to divide uncontrollably. These cells acquire growth advantages over normal cells and manipulate their ...