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August 27, 2012 Issue

Volume 90, Issue 35
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August 27, 2012 Issue, Vol. 90 | Iss. 35

Diagnosing Opportunity

Scientific instrument makers bolster positions in the growing market for human clinical health testing
By Marc S. Reisch
(pp. 14-18)
Features
Business

Italy’s Biotech Surge

Italian firms are investing aggressively in R&D and building plants to make chemicals from renewable feedstocks (pp. 22-24)
Science & Technology

Carfilzomib: From Discovery To Drug

How an academic pursuit to understand epoxomicin became the cancer treatment carfilzomib (pp. 34-35)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

American Chemical Society Holds National Meeting In Philadelphia

ACS Meeting News: 'Materials for Health & Medicine' was meeting's theme
(p.7)

BASF Joins Cargill And Novozymes On Process For Biobased Acrylic Acid

Initial plan is to use acrylic acid to manufacture superabsorbent polymers
(p.8)

Court Upholds Gene Patents

Biotechnology: Appeals court finds that isolated DNA is eligible for patent protection
(p.8)

Glycosylation Linked To Cancer

ACS Meeting News: Enzyme modification may be a control point that can be exploited to fight cancer
(p.9)

Mouse Model Shows How Antibiotic Use In Early Life Leads To Weight Gain

Microbiome: Study shows subtherapeutic antibiotic use affects gut microbial communities
(p.9)

Air Pollution Rule Struck Down

Clean Air: Court says EPA went too far with rule to reduce emissions that cross state lines
(p.10)

Organocatalyst Splits Water

ACS Meeting News: Flavinium ion is first nonmetal catalyst to generate O2 during electrolysis
(p.10)

German TV Crew Mobbed In China

Police rescued reporters who were filming about industrial pollution
(p.11)

Tracking Nanoparticle Growth

Synthesis: Labeling method sheds light on how nanoparticles take shape
(p.11)

Oxy And Mexichem Join For Ethylene

Petrochemicals: Companies envision tapping into shale gas with a new cracker
(p.12)

Toward Better Ferroelectrics

ACS Meeting News: Organic material switches polarization at room temperature
(p.12)
 

Departments

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Business

Italy’s Biotech Surge

Italian firms are investing aggressively in R&D and building plants to make chemicals from renewable feedstocks
(pp. 22-24)

Biobased Chemicals Without Biomass

LanzaTech stakes out a renewables path that does not require biobased feedstocks
(p.25)

Diagnosing Opportunity

Scientific instrument makers bolster positions in the growing market for human clinical health testing
(pp. 14-18)
Concentrates(pp. 20-21)
  1. ICL, Avantor Name New CEOs
  2. Rockwood To Acquire Lithium Producer
  3. BASF Sells Decorative Paints Business
  4. Segetis Raises Funds
  5. Schulman Sells One Unit, Buys Another
  6. Biofuels Plants Come And Go In Europe
  7. SiliCycle Buys Fellow Canadian Lab Supplier
  8. Firms Team Up For Isobutyl Alcohol
  9. Emery, Evonik Start German Projects
  10. Chemtex Will Build U.S. Biofuels Plant
  11. Poet Joins Agrivida For Ethanol Crops
  12. Molecular Partners, Allergan Form Pacts
  13. Regulus To Go Public After Two Deals
  14. Business Roundup

ACS News

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Government & Policy

A Distinctly European Meeting

Euroscience Open Forum spotlights science on the European agenda, including the role of science in economic and cultural life
(pp. 30-31)

U.S. Criminalizes Designer Drugs

Synthetic marijuana compounds, two stimulants, and nine hallucinogens are outlawed in U.S.
(pp. 28-29)
Concentrates(p.26)
  1. Court Backs EPA Decision To Allow 15% Ethanol In Gas
  2. Lawmaker Probes Pesticide Risks To Bees
  3. Rover Performs Well During Battery Of Tests After Landing On Mars
  4. EPA To Remove Dioxin-Contaminated Hooker Chemical Landfill From List Of Nation’s Most Hazardous Waste Sites
  5. EPA Approves Alternative Estrogen Effects Test
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Science & Technology

C&EN Talks With Kevin Sweeney

Consultant relishes bridge-building between teams researching new types of Alzheimer’s drugs
(p.38)

Halogen Bonding Defined

IUPAC effort sets parameters for structural interaction seen in materials science and biology
(p.36)

Carfilzomib: From Discovery To Drug

How an academic pursuit to understand epoxomicin became the cancer treatment carfilzomib
(pp. 34-35)
Concentrates(pp. 32-33)
  1. Nanoparticles Help To Stem Internal Bleeding
  2. Cautionary Tale For Food Analysis
  3. Super Electron Donors Reduce Benzene
  4. Tip-Enhanced Raman Detects Interactions On Cell Surfaces
  5. Small Molecules Target Toll-Like Receptors
  6. Makeup Shields Soldiers’ Skin
  7. Ocean Plastics Soak Up Pollutants
  8. Nitrogen-Sulfur Polymers Break New Ground

Newscripts

Keeping Time With Water, Filtered H2O For Sale

(p.48)

Letters

Letters(pp. 3-5)
  1. Teaching Chemistry To Standards
  2. In Fairness To UCLA
  3. Advice To Chemists