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Fortis Escorts Heart Institute wins ‘Best Single Specialty Hospital - Cardiology‘ title.

Probiodrug transfers its CDK9 inhibitor program to AstraZeneca.

GE to expand in life sciences with acquisition of strategic assets from Thermo Fisher Scientific.

MD Anderson teams up with Pfizer to advance cancer immunotherapy.

Trovagene and US Oncology Research collaborate on a prospective study for urine-based KRAS testing in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.

MedImmune and Immunocore enter immunotherapy agreement to develop novel cancer therapies.

Nodality enters into a strategic collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation in autoimmune diseases.

Knopp Biosciences and NIH to collaborate in evaluating dexpramipexole in patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome.

AMN Healthcare receives top workplace award.

National Cancer Centre Singapore and Clearbridge BioMedics partner to bring circulating tumor cell technology closer to clinic.

Latest updates on soaps, detergents, cosmetics, hair care industry at 4th Emerging HPC Surfactants Markets.

CMT's 11th Phenol/ Acetone & Derivatives Markets in Shanghai, hones in on feedstock costs, excess capacities and more.

A*STAR signs agreement with Nestlé to strengthen food & nutrition R&D in Singapore.

Amorfix enters into agreement with a major global pharmaceutical company for Alzheimer's disease diagnostic.

PHARM Connect Congress- One step before the future.

Surfactants self-associate in aqueous solutions to form micelles. Less well-known is that they form a wide range of liquid crystals — through self-association. These liquid crystals often occur in consumer products where they play an essential role in product stability and function. Some products are marketed in a liquid crystalline state although they are not recognized by the consumer (or, on occasion, by the manufacturer). This review describes the formation of micelles and the various liquid crystalline phases. These include lamellar, hexagonal, cubic and gel phases which have different long range structures but are based on micelles. The key factors linking surfactant molecular structure to liquid crystal architecture have been elucidated. These are the sizes of the surfactant hydrophobic tail(s) and head groups, together with the head group charge and the presence of any additives. Examples of liquid crystals in emulsion stabilization, household cleaners, conditioners, detergent liquid and some food are described.

Crystallization of membrane proteins remains a major challenge in modern structural biology. At issue is the amphiphathic character of these proteins and that the natural environment of these proteins is a lipid bilayer. This chapter describes different techniques of membrane protein crystallization focusing on a fascinating recent breakthrough in the field: methods of crystallization in the detergent-lipid environment (in meso methods).