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May 23, 2016 Issue

Volume 94, Issue 21
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May 23, 2016 Issue, Vol. 94 | Iss. 21

Cancer therapeutics found in translation

Interdisciplinary teams at leading cancer centers work with 
outside partners to translate their basic research into medical practice
By Ann M. Thayer
(pp. 30-35)
Features
Government & Policy

C&EN profiles the U.S. Fish & Wildlife forensics lab, the nation’s CSI: Wildlife team

Federal scientists in Ashland, Ore., use cutting-edge technology to help track down animal killers (pp. 18-20)
Science & Technology

Art conservators struggle with microscopic eruptions in masterpieces

Lurking in paint layers, metal soaps are forming and damaging paintings (pp. 21-23)
Back Issues
 

News of the Week

White House announces microbiome initiative

Half a billion will go toward studying microbe communities on Earth
(p.3)

Combination inhibitor fights drug-resistant cancer

Strategy could help patients whose malignancies sidestep drugs that hit key cancer target mTOR
(p.4)

Deoxyfluorination reaction adapted to make radiotracers

Team uses in-depth knowledge of mechanism to install 18F
(p.4)

Fully synthetic method can create thousands of antibiotic candidates

Approach generates macrolides in a modular way, starting from simple building blocks
(p.5)

Phase-change material could help electronics compute like neurons

Nanosized device made from a chalcogenide performs neuronlike calculations
(p.6)

Study resolves how methane-producing microbes generate the important gas

Understanding the enzyme mechanism could lead to new ways to produce methane as a fuel or chemical feedstock
(p.7)

Biogen commits to gene therapy

Big biotech firm licenses gene delivery technology from University of Pennsylvania and its spin-off Regenxbio
(p.11)

Japan pulls off another strong year

Profits remained high at large chemical producers
(p.11)

Bayer makes a bid for Monsanto

Unsolicited offer arrives amid flurry of seed and crop chemical deals
(p.12)

HP aims to conquer 3-D printing

Tech giant thinks its new platform will allow for economical additive manufacturing
(p.13)

EPA limits methane emissions

Regulations target new and modified oil and natural gas facilities
(p.16)

UN panel intensifies glyphosate debate

Assessment finds herbicide is unlikely to pose a cancer risk from dietary exposure
(p.16)
 

Departments

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Business

C&EN profiles Wanhua Chemical, a Chinese firm that made it big in urethanes

The world’s top producer of a key isocyanate fought to overcome early struggles
(pp. 24-26)

‘Skills gap’ hits the factory floor

Small chemical producers reach out to community colleges for operator training
(pp. 27-28)

Cancer therapeutics found in translation

Interdisciplinary teams at leading cancer centers work with 
outside partners to translate their basic research into medical practice
(pp. 30-35)

C&EN 介绍万华化学，一家在聚氨酯橡胶领域炙手可热的中国公司

世界顶尖的关键性异氰酸酯生产商竭尽全力克服早期的困难
(pp. 24-26)

ACS News

NORM 2016

(p.37)

ChemIDP: mapping your career

(p.36)
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Government & Policy

C&EN profiles the U.S. Fish & Wildlife forensics lab, the nation’s CSI: Wildlife team

Federal scientists in Ashland, Ore., use cutting-edge technology to help track down animal killers
(pp. 18-20)
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Science & Technology

Art conservators struggle with microscopic eruptions in masterpieces

Lurking in paint layers, metal soaps are forming and damaging paintings
(pp. 21-23)

Un nuevo método sintético puede crear miles de potenciales antibióticos

Esta ruta genera macrólidos de forma modular a partir de building blocks sencillos
(p.5)

全合成方法可能创造几百种候选抗生素

新方法采用模块化方式，用简单的基本单元来搭建大环內酯化合物
(p.5)

Newscripts

Science on the road and in the air

(p.40)

Letters

Letters(p.2)