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• CLC bio moves Danish headquarters to landmark building in Aarhus

  On May 1st, CLC bio moved their Danish headquarters to Prismet - a local landmark highrise office building in Aarhus. Experiencing significant growth due to a long term positive development in sales, the number of employees at CLC bio has increased by more than 50% worldwide in the past two years. C more

• New evidence on how fluoride fights tooth decay

  In an advance toward solving a 50-year-old mystery, scientists are reporting new evidence on how the fluoride in drinking water, toothpastes, mouth rinses and other oral-care products prevents tooth decay. Their report appears in the ACS journal Langumir.Karin Jacobs and colleagues explain that desp more

• A molecular 'superglue' based on flesh-eating bacteria

  In a classic case of turning an enemy into a friend, scientists have engineered a protein from flesh-eating bacteria to act as a molecular "superglue" that promises to become a disease fighter. "We've turned the tables and put one kind of flesh-eating bacterium to good use," said Mark Howarth, Ph.D. more

Publications American Chemical Society

• Chemical society tried to block business competitor

  Chemical society tried to block business competitor Nature 489, 7417 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/489482a Author: Eugenie Samuel Reich Court ruling raises concerns among some American Chemical Society members. more

• Correction for Frieden and Garai, Structural differences between apoE3 and apoE4 may be useful in developing therapeutic agents for Alzheimer's disease [Correction]

  BIOCHEMISTRY Correction for “Structural differences between apoE3 and apoE4 may be useful in developing therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease,” by Carl Frieden and Kanchan Garai, which appeared in issue 23, June 5, 2012, of Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (109:8913–8918; first published May 21, 2012; 10 more

• [News Focus] American Chemical Society Spring Meeting: Biofuels and City Air: A Marginal Effect

  The first citywide air quality study of its kind, reported at the meeting, suggests that unless more than 26% of cars switch to biofuels, it will have negligible effect on air pollution. more

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