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May 11, 2009 Cover
Volume 87, Issue 19
COVER: Jonathan Dordick of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute eyes one of the biochips he helped design to screen compounds for human toxicity. The 1,080 dots on the chip are loaded with different types of human cells to screen for organ-specific toxicity. Such chips could offer scientists an alternative to animal testing.
Volume 87, Issue 19
FOCUS ON TESTING
Cosmetics makers worry they won't meet the 2013 deadline for new European Union safety-testing regulations
COVER: Jonathan Dordick of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute eyes one of the biochips he helped design to screen compounds for human toxicity. The 1,080 dots on the chip are loaded with different types of human cells to screen for organ-specific toxicity. Such chips could offer scientists an alternative to animal testing.
Credit: Mike Groll/AP
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May 11, 2009 Issue
Volume 87, Issue 19
May 11, 2009 Issue, Vol. 87 | Iss. 19
Cosmetics makers worry they won't meet the 2013 deadline for new European Union safety-testing regulations
(pp. 10-15)
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Government & Policy
Bayer accident details reach public as safety board, Congress release preliminary investigation results (pp. 25-27)
Science & Technology
Highly strained cyclopropane-based molecules help chemists refine ideas about chemical bonding (pp. 32-33)
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President's fiscal 2010 budget provides gains across science agencies
(p.5)Business Groups Oppose Tax Hikes
Obama says tax code encourages shift of jobs overseas
(p.6)Pandemic Readiness
Drug and vaccine makers prepare for a more virulent strain of H1N1
(p.6)Negligence Caused UCLA Death
State safety and health agency faults university for training lapses, unsafe practices
(p.7)New Way To Protect Unstable Boron Reagents
Masked boronates make 2-pyridyl coupling possible
(p.8)Supporting Biofuels
President Obama wants U.S. leadership; EPA works on life-cycle analysis
(p.8)Biotech Outlook
As access to most types of capital disappears, industry consolidation is likely in 2009
(p.9)Signs Of Stress
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(p.9)New Path To Cyclodipeptides
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(p.30)Chemical Vital Signs
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(p.31)ACS Introduces A New Journal
Society's family of physical chemistry publications will gain a letters journal
(p.34)Whitesides Receives Inaugural Dreyfus Prize
Foundation honors chemist for his contributions to materials chemistry
(p.35)Departments
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(pp. 18-21)
Roche lets Genentech's R&D run free as it integrates the biotech powerhouse
(p.22)
Downplaying an insurgency, Pakistani chemical firm Engro has big plans for expansion
(p.23)
Small contract development firm Recipharm wants to swim with the big fish
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Cosmetics makers worry they won't meet the 2013 deadline for new European Union safety-testing regulations
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- DuPont Will Cut 2,000 More Jobs
- BASF Opens Fuel-Cell Facility
- Rhodia Shuts Nylon Operation In Canada
- Gevo Gets Funding, Plans Biofuel Plant
- Partnership Wins Iowa Grant For Algae Pilot
- BASF, Others Invest In SDCmaterials
- Monsanto Sues DuPont Over Seed Traits
- Bayer Will Build A Nanotubes Plant
- BASF Delays Plan For China MDI facility
- Cognis Bioresin Is Used In Concept Car
- Alliances Formed For Solar And Wind Power
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- Business Roundup
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Bayer accident details reach public as safety board, Congress release preliminary investigation results
(pp. 25-27)
President Obama plans to issue a new directive for federal agencies
(p.29)
Science & Technology
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(pp. 32-33)
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