Speaking "Germ-anish," Reprograming Translation, and Drugs in Action

Every month the editors of Cell Chemical Biology bring you highlights of the most recent chemical biology literature. Our April 2016 selection includes the discovery that mammalian epithelial cells make quorum sensing-like molecules, the development of an RNA-switch-based strategy to regulate protein biosynthesis, and a nanoparticle-based sensor that reports on the efficiency of cancer drugs in real time.