Illness, Injury & Treatments

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Chemistry World October 2, 2014 Rebecca Trager	EPA criticized over asbestos clean-up research The US Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog has found that the agency's costly and time-consuming experiments on alternative asbestos control methods lacked effective oversight and threatened human health.
Chemistry World October 1, 2014 Michael Gross	Viruses melt 'glassy' DNA US Researchers have identified the factors that enable viral DNA to turn from solid to liquid, which allows them to infect host cells. They say the process could become a target for new antiviral therapies.
Chemistry World September 30, 2014 Kirsty Muirhead	Mirror peptides hitch a lift into the cell Scientists in the US have developed a method for successfully transporting chemotherapeutic d-peptides into the cell cytosol.
Chemistry World September 29, 2014 Rebecca Trager	White House tightens oversight of dangerous studies The White House has intensified federal oversight of research involving dangerous pathogens with new safety rules for universities and other research institutions that carry out such work.
Chemistry World September 24, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	Review says cheaper drug is safe for eye disease Researchers have added weight to the argument that health services should use the cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) to treat age-related wet macular degeneration, instead of the more expensive Lucentis (ranibizumab).
Chemistry World September 23, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Big name coffee chains drawn into acrylamide fight A group in California is suing coffee chains with the aim of getting them to label their coffee as carcinogenic
Chemistry World September 12, 2014 Hayley Simon	Coated nanoparticles show Alzheimer's promise Nanoparticles coated in an amino acid polymer have been found to prevent the formation of amyloid fibrils -- incorrectly folded protein fibers associated with the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
Chemistry World September 11, 2014 Philip Ball	Appreciating art criticism Liu Bolin has commented on the degradation of China's environment and the chemical adulteration of its food and drink. His art is displayed in a new exhibition, A colorful world?, at the Klein Sun Gallery in New York.
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Emma Stoye	Cipla targets asthma market with Advair copy Indian pharma company Cipla has begun selling a generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's combination asthma treatment Advair (fluticasone/salmeterol) in Germany and Sweden.
Chemistry World September 10, 2014 Elisabeth Ratcliffe	Antimalarial flow synthesis closer to commercialization Scientists in Germany have demonstrated the large scale and inexpensive production of a range of antimalarial drugs, using a continuous flow system.
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