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Financial help for China's chemical industry
China's government approves petrochemical industry economic revival plan
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Resistant breast cancers re-sensitised to Tamoxifen
Breast cancer cells will take a double whammy from a new combination therapy
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Business roundup: March 2009
Pfizer’s Wyeth injection Source: © AP PHOTOS Jeffrey Kindler, Pfizer’s CEO, explains the merger Pfizer has agreed to pay $68 billion (?48.3 billion) for rival US biopharmaceutical firm Wyeth, gaining access to its rich product portfolio and promising pipeline of experimental drugs. Pfizer hopes Wyeth’s products ...
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Reading DNA base by base
A technique to electrically detect DNA bases from a single DNA strand could lead to cheap and simple sequencing
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Selective catalyst cracks direct peroxide production
Acid-treated catalyst converts hydrogen and oxygen directly into hydrogen peroxide
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Nanoparticles give cancer drug a boost
Efficiency of Taxol improved by encapsulating it in a polymer nanoparticle
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Single nanocatalyst behaviour revealed
Single molecule spectroscopy uncovers gold nanoparticles' catalytic secrets
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Obama signs off on billions of dollars for research
Extra federal support comes through economic stimulus measure
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DNA takes a new form
New chromatin studies reveal 'more realistic' structure for DNA in replicating chromosomes
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Mystery receptor's binding partner uncovered
Natural hallucinogen shown to be the ligand for a widely occurring protein receptor
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Prostate cancer biomarker could speed diagnosis
Testing urine for sarcosine may give new insights into prostate cancer diagnosis and progression
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Making biofuels the chemical way
A single step reaction could make biofuel production from agricultural waste economically feasible
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Controversial new theory for nanotube growth
A theoretical model for nanotube growth provokes debate among nanotube experts
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Exercise capacity improved with molecules
Cyclic pyrophosphate encourages haemoglobin to surrender oxygen more easily in tissues where it is needed most
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Molecular thermometer takes cell temperature
Fluorescent polymer accurately takes the temperature inside living cells
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EU clash over pollution permits
Confrontation over a proposed law to cut industrial emissions looks likely
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Carbon nanotube catalysts 'better than platinum'
US researchers hail new electrochemical catalyst as a possible boon for fuel cells