Billy Hudson from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, US, explains the importance of characterising the new sulfilimine (N=S) bond that ties together type IV collagen dimer molecules. These molecules form the baseplate that all animal tissues are bult on and are key to understanding certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. Read the full story at http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/September/03090902.asp
Paper reference: R Vanacore et al, Science, 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1176811
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