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January 2, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 1

January 2, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 1

Chemistry: A Key To Human Progress

By Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
Features
Government & Policy

Safety Board Backlog Remains

Chemical safety board chairman lays out plans, stakeholders offer strong support and concerns
Science & Technology

Lights and Lasers Invade the Clinic

A variety of optical techniques are slowly making their way into noninvasive medical diagnostics
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News of the Week

Charges Brought In UCLA lab Death

Lab Safety: UC system, professor face felony counts in death of Sheri Sangji

EPA Asked To Delay Dioxin Assessment

Hazard Analysis: Industry group cites new law to justify its request

Honeywell, DuPont Face European Probe

Antitrust: Arkema complaint leads to scrutiny of refrigerants market

Bird Flu Studies Stir Controversy

Publishing: Researchers, journals consider federal request to censor recipe for contagious flu

India’s Ranbaxy Reaches Agreement With the U.S. Food & Drug Administration

Carbon Layer Lubricates All-Metal Hips

Discovery could lead to longer-lasting hip implants

EPA Acts On Power Plant Emissions

Clean Air: New regulation requires power plants to cut mercury, other toxic substances

Easier Route To Genomic Changes

Genetic Engineering: Zinc finger nucleases induce duplications, inversions of DNA sequences

Flurry Of Cancer Pacts

Takeda, Merck & Co., Eli Lilly & Co., AstraZeneca move to gain access to oncology drug candidates.
 

Departments


Business

Executives at CPhI India call FDA scrutiny a part of doing pharmaceutical chemical business
Lack of clear regulations and safety information slows adoption
New chairman of accident-prone firm upgrades engineering, promotes culture of safety
Takeda, Merck & Co., Eli Lilly & Co., AstraZeneca move to gain access to oncology drug candidates.
Antitrust: Arkema complaint leads to scrutiny of refrigerants market
Concentrates
  1. Amgen, Baxter Eye Biosimilars
  2. Coskata Plans IPO
  3. Dow And Aksa Form Carbon Fiber Venture
  4. H.B. Fuller Buys Forbo Adhesives
  5. Business Roundup
  6. Ipsen Will Build center in Massachusetts
  7. CVC Sells Taminco To Apollo Management

ACS News

Awards
  1. ACS Award For Creative Invention
  2. Gabor A. Somorjai Award For Creative Research In Catalysis
  3. ACS Award For Creative Work In Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  4. ACS Award In Analytical Chemistry
  5. Frank H. Field & Joe L. Franklin Award For Outstanding Achievement In Mass Spectrometry
  6. Peter Debye Award In Physical Chemistry
  7. 2012 ACS National Award Winners
  8. George C. Pimentel Award In Chemical Education
Awards
  1. Organic Chemistry Awards Open For Nominations
  2. Organic Fellowships
  3. Order Of Merit To Yitzhak Apeloig

Government & Policy

Chemical safety board chairman lays out plans, stakeholders offer strong support and concerns
U.S., EU officials examine barriers, opportunities for trans-Atlantic cooperation
Clean Air: New regulation requires power plants to cut mercury, other toxic substances
Hazard Analysis: Industry group cites new law to justify its request
Concentrates
  1. Drought-Tolerant Corn Gets USDA’s Okay
  2. Chemicals Listed For European Regulation
  3. Chemical Weapon Stockpile Destroyed
  4. Air Pollution Sources From Gulf Oil Spill
  5. NIST Develops Nanotube Standard

Education

Chemist turned university president talks about the challenges of starting a university

Science & Technology

A variety of optical techniques are slowly making their way into noninvasive medical diagnostics
Discovery could lead to longer-lasting hip implants
Genetic Engineering: Zinc finger nucleases induce duplications, inversions of DNA sequences
Lab Safety: UC system, professor face felony counts in death of Sheri Sangji
Publishing: Researchers, journals consider federal request to censor recipe for contagious flu
Concentrates
  1. New Fluorination Scheme
  2. Unconventional Conduction
  3. Polymerization Goes Tubular
  4. A Tunnel Into Cells
  5. Factory-Style RNA Engineering

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