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Albemarle to increase ibuprofen pricesBATON ROUGE, La., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals, announced today that it will increase global prices for all grades of ibuprofen by an estimated 15% effective immediately, or as contracts allow. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111129/MM14279LOGO ) Albema...

CEM President and CEO Delivers Commencement Address at the 2012 University of Texas at Austin Chemistry and Biochemistry Department GraduationMATTHEWS, N.C., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CEM Corporation president and CEO Michael J. Collins delivered the commencement address for the University of Texas at Austin Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, which was held on May 18, 2012. Collins received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University and has been a member of the Advisory Board for the Chemistry Department at the school...

'Killer silk' can kill anthrax in minutesThe latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing b...

RUB researchers gain new insights into mechanisms of cardiovascular diseaseMalformed desmin proteins aggregate with intact proteins of the same kind, thereby triggering skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases, the desminopathies. This was discovered by researchers from the RUB Heart and Diabetes Center NRW in Bad Oeynhausen le...

New Technique Uses Electrons to Map Nanoparticle Atomic Structures(2)A Brookhaven/Columbia Engineering School team of scientists shwos how a form of nanocrystallography can be carried out using a transmission electron microscope ‹ an instrument found in many chemistry and materials science laboratories.

Copy of the genetic makeup travels in a protein suitcase(University of Bonn) Scientists from the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bonn have succeeded for the first time in the real time filming of the transport of an important information carrier in biological cells th...

New Insights Into The Mechanisms Of Heart DiseaseMutated and intact proteins of the cytoskeleton form abnormal aggregates Malformed desmin proteins aggregate with intact proteins of the same kind, thereby triggering skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases, the desminopathies. This was discovered by r...

New Source Of Key Fat From Hazelnuts Makes Infant Formula More Like Mother's MilkScientists are reporting development of a healthy "designer fat" that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn't available in large enough amounts in their mothers' milk. The new nu...

Protective Coating Transforms Silk Into A Weapon Against Anthrax And Other MicrobesThe latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing b...

Immune self-reactivity triggered by drug-modified HLA-peptide repertoireHuman leukocyte antigens (HLAs) are highly polymorphic proteins that initiate immunity by presenting pathogen-derived peptides to T cells. HLA polymorphisms mostly map to the antigen-binding cleft, thereby diversifying the repertoire of self-derive...

Stevens Researchers Advance Innovative Lab-in-a-Fiber Research FrontierHoboken, NJ, May 24, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Many vital chemical and biological processes in modern technology take place in microscopic, tightly constrained environments, where experimentation at macroscopic scale is no longer adequate to understand and exploit molecular behavior. Dr. Henry Du and Dr. Svetlana Sukhishvili of Stevens Institute of Technology have recently been awarded a National Science...

Sirona Biochem to Present at BioFinance Conference VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/12 -- Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SBM)(PINKSHEETS: SRBCF)(FRANKFURT: ZSB), announced today it is confirmed to present at the upcoming BioFinance conference which is being held May 29-30, 2012. Sirona Biochem's presentation will be May 30th at 11:40am in Company Presentation Room 3. The company's Chief Business Officer, Sean Cunliffe, wil...

Applied chemistry: Molecules meet materialsAn inorganic semiconductor can take the place of the liquid electrolyte typically used in dye-sensitized solar cells. This achievement points the way to making these devices more easily manufactured and more stable. See Letter p.486

Fresenius Medical Care Launches Expanded Dialysis Patient Education InitiativeFresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the nation’s leading network of dialysis facilities, announced today new educational resources to enhance RightStart™, its innovative program designed to educate and empower new dialysis patient

Provence, Neuroptis join forces to optimize, transfer ML7 production processProvence Technologies, a service provider of specialist fine chemistry, and Neuroptis Biotech have partnered to optimize and transfer the production process for ML7, a new compound for treating dry eye syndrome.

New liquid urine control available from RandoxThe new Randox Acusera liquid urine control is designed to be both easy and convenient for laboratory staff to use. The inclusion of fully assayed target values for 18 commonly performed urine chemistry tests including Microalbumin and hCG enables co...

Contur ELN from Accelrys Powers UK's Largest Trial of Academic Electronic Lab NotebooksSAN DIEGO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software and services company, today announced it is enabling up to 400 scientists at 16 leading universities in the UK to evaluate the low-cost, easy-to-deploy and use Contur Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) offered by Accelrys' Contur Software subsidiary. The program, which runs throug...

Polymers Can be Used to Stabilize ProteinsBy Cameron Chai Researchers from the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistryhave developed a way to stabilize proteins using polymers....

Another Vote Against RhodaninesFor those of you who'd had to explain to colleagues (in biology or chemistry) why you're not enthusiastic about the rhodanine compounds that came out of your high-throughput screening effort, there's now another paper to point them to. The biologica...

Scientists Aiming To Activate Tumor Suppressor Gene And Inhibit CancerA team of scientists has developed a promising new strategy for "reactivating" genes that cause cancer tumors to shrink and die. The researchers hope that their discovery will aid in the development of an innovative anti-cancer drug that effectively...

'Killer silk:' Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes(American Chemical Society) The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that ki...

Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that's more like mother's milk(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a healthy "designer fat" that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn't available in large enough amounts in the...

Aggregating instead of stabilizing: New insights into the mechanisms of heart disease(Ruhr-University Bochum) Malformed desmin proteins aggregate with intact proteins of the same kind, thereby triggering skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases, the desminopathies. This was discovered by researchers from the RUB Heart and Diabetes Center...

FLOSS Dental Introduces Dr. Julia Howell, D.D.S. Joining the Southlake FLOSS Dental TeamWith the introduction of Dr. Julia Howell in Southlake, TX, FLOSS continues to serve North Texas communities and keep focus on quality and consistency Southlake, TX (PRWEB) May 22, 2012 FLOSS Dental extends a warm welcome to its newest team member, Dr. Julia Howell, DDS who will be serving the Southlake community. Dr. Howell is an experienced dentist and has a warm and welcoming presence, “…s...

Codexis Announces Three-Year Extension of Collaboration Agreement with MerckCodexis, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDXS), a developer of cost-advantaged processes for the production of biofuels, bio-based chemicals and pharmaceuticals, today announced a three-year extension of its catalyst and process development collaboration with Merck to develop enzymes for use in pharmaceutical manufacturing. As the collaboration enters its sixth year...

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