Our desire to understand how the individual molecules that make up cells organize, interact,
and communicate to form living systems has led to the burgeoning field of chemical biology …

As one of the most dynamic fields in contemporary science, bioinorganic chemistry lies at a
natural juncture between chemistry, biology, and medicine. This rapidly expanding field …

Bioinorganic chemistry remains a vibrant discipline at the interface of chemistry and the
biological sciences. Metal ions function in numerous metalloenzymes, are incorporated into …

The indispensable requirement for metals in life processes has led to the evolution of
sophisticated mechanisms that allow organisms to maintain dynamic equilibria of these ions …

In 1969, Barnett Rosenberg, Loretta Van Camp, and Thomas Krigas published a seminal
paper that described the antiproliferative activity of a very simple inorganic compound, today …

Metal complexes have been widely used for applications in the chemical and physical
sciences due to their unique electronic and stereochemical properties. For decades the use …

The essential transition metal ions are avidly accumulated by cells, yet they have two faces:
They are put to use as required cofactors, but they also can catalyze cytotoxic reactions …

Inorganic Aspects of Biological and Organic Chemistry investigates the inorganic aspects of
biological and organic chemistry. Topics include the inorganic chemistry of group Ia and IIa …

Inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry have made important contributions to medical science
and human health in the past half century. Today, metal-containing imaging agents and …

Metal ions such as copper and manganese represent a unique problem to living cells in that
these ions are not only essential co-factors for metalloproteins, but are also potentially toxic …