Bacteria, similar to most organisms, have a love–hate relationship with metals: a specific
metal may be essential for survival yet toxic in certain forms and concentrations. Metal ions …

Intersystem crossing (ISC), formally forbidden within nonrelativistic quantum theory, is the
mechanism by which a molecule changes its spin state. It plays an important role in the …

The increasing impact of cancer on worldwide mortality makes the research of novel
chemotherapeutic agents a current and challenging issue. In the recent years, transition …

Biosensors could register a biological event and convert it into a measurable signal with
specific biosensing elements and transducers. 1− 5 A DNA biosensor is a device that …

One of the major advances in medical science has been the development of antimicrobials;
however, a consequence of their widespread use has been the emergence of drug-resistant …

The application of phosphorescent heavy-metal complexes with d6, d8 and d10 electron
configurations for bioimaging is a new and promising research field and has been attracting …

In the last few decades, coordination complexes based on d6 metal centres and polypyridyl
ligand architectures been developed as structure-and site-specific reversible DNA binding …

DNA has a strong affinity for many heterocyclic aromatic dyes, such as acridine and its
derivatives. Lerman in 1961 first proposed intercalation as the source of this affinity, and this …

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 …

Nucleic acids have been among the first targets for antitumor drugs and antibiotics. With the
unveiling of new biological roles in regulation of gene expression, specific DNA and RNA …