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March 6, 2017 Cover
Volume 95, Issue 10
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Volume 95, Issue 10
Researchers take aim at the biological machinery that causes our bodies to decline
COVER: Photograph by Getty Images
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March 6, 2017 Issue
Volume 95, Issue 10
March 6, 2017 Issue, Vol. 95 | Iss. 10
Researchers take aim at the biological machinery that causes our bodies to decline
(pp. 30-35)
Features
Business
Ranking of scientific equipment makers highlights corporate shifts and changing fortunes (pp. 18-23)
Science & Technology
IUPAC continues to foster communication and application of chemistry worldwide (pp. 25-26)
Cover Story: Can we hit the snooze button on aging?
Periodic graphics: Do antiaging creams work?
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning peers into the scientific evidence behind wrinkle creams
(p.37)Reviving resveratrol
Red wine made the compound famous; now one supplement maker hopes ongoing human tests can bring new life to its business
(pp. 38-39)News of the Week
Powering mass spec ionization with friction improves sensitivity
Charge generated by rubbing materials together ionizes tiny samples
(p.5)Flow process speeds up peptide synthesis
Fully automated machine is 10 to 100 times as fast as current batch-based methods
(p.7)Technique reveals never-before-seen states as protein unfolds
Modified force spectroscopy method captures protein unraveling with improved time resolution
(p.7)An opioid minus major side effects
Fluorinated version of fentanyl is active only in areas of inflammation, eliminating troublesome effects in rats
(p.8)Small molecule helps fix ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ gene mutation
Sobetirome partially makes up for lost protein function
(p.8)Arrakis launches to develop RNA-targeting small-molecule drugs
Biotech firm will chase an array of previously intractable targets
(p.12)Scientists, funders flock to ResearchGate
Networking site gathers momentum in quest for open science
(p.12)Boragen launches for boron-based fungicides
First start-up from Research Triangle Park-based AgTech Accelerator raises $10 million from venture backers
(p.13)Business leaders want to axe regulations
Several chemical company CEOs sign letter to the Trump Administration
(p.13)Lonza to build plant for Sanofi
Dedicated plant will manufacture biologic drugs for the French firm
(p.13)Trump is virtually silent on science in speech to Congress
President's address touches on funding and immigration, but not research
(p.16)Departments
Business
More than 100 academics receive $150,000 to commercialize their ideas
(pp. 28-29)
Red wine made the compound famous; now one supplement maker hopes ongoing human tests can bring new life to its business
(pp. 38-39)
Ranking of scientific equipment makers highlights corporate shifts and changing fortunes
(pp. 18-23)Concentrates
(pp. 14-15)
(pp. 14-15)- Chemical ramp-up threatened
- Oxy, Mexichem start cracker
- Berkshire loses, gains in chemicals
- Henkel to buy Darex Packaging
- Wacker builds polymer binder plant
- Solar-hydrogen boat to launch
- Merck writes off hepatitis C drug
- Start-up to develop radiotherapeutics
- Astellas, Affinivax form vaccine pact
- BMS teams with Grail on cancer detection
- Perrigo sells its Tysabri royalties
- Takeda spins off operations
- Business Roundup
ACS News
More than 17,000 attendees are expected to attend annual conference and expo on lab science
(pp. 42-43)
Science & Technology
Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning peers into the scientific evidence behind wrinkle creams
(p.37)
IUPAC continues to foster communication and application of chemistry worldwide
(pp. 25-26)
Researchers take aim at the biological machinery that causes our bodies to decline
(pp. 30-35)
Selections from cen.chempics.org, where C&EN showcases the beauty of chemistry
(p.16)
El profesor de Química y bloguero de Compound Interest Andy Brunning nos descubre la ciencia que hay detrás de las cremas anti-arrugas
(p.37)
La carga que se genera al frotar dos materiales ioniza pequeñas muestras
(p.5)Concentrates(pp. 10-11)
(pp. 10-11)Career & Employment
Passion for addressing global problems led her to the helm of IUPAC, the "United Nations of chemistry"
(p.27)