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Chemistry World April 13, 2007 Victoria Gill	FDA Votes Against Vioxx Replacement The FDA's advisory committee has recommended that the agency does not approve Merck's latest arthritis drug Arcoxia, a drug in the same class as the company's withdrawn and now infamous Vioxx.
Chemistry World April 13, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Organic Food Isotopes How do you distinguish 'organic' tomatoes from those grown with the help of synthetic fertilizers? By testing their nitrogen isotope ratios, suggest UK researchers.
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Preserved T. Rex Proteins Assist Evolution Studies Palaeontologists and biochemists have joined forces to identify proteins from a 68-million-year-old T. Rex, showing that organic matter containing biological information can be preserved for enormous lengths of time under the right conditions.
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Fatty Acid Factory Revealed X-ray crystallographers have achieved the Herculean task of elucidating the architecture of one of biochemistry's most impressive molecular machines, the multi-enzyme fatty acid synthase.
Chemistry World April 11, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Fuel Cells Guzzle Glycerol Fuel cells traditionally use oxidizing platinum catalysts to generate a flow of electrons from molecules like hydrogen or methanol. But such catalysts are expensive and can produce toxic byproducts. Now researchers are using microbial fuel cells.
Chemistry World April 11, 2007 Victoria Gill	A Dog's Life A group of dogs that enjoyed long lives on carefully planned diets has provided researchers with a unique life-long metabolic profile. The data reveal the relationship between diet, disease and longevity.
Fast Company April 1, 2007 Tracy Staedter	Clean Rooms Researchers at MIT have developed a paint-on coating that destroys flu bugs and other nasty microorganisms before they can stick.
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Chemical Probe Seeks Out DNA Damage Researchers have developed a novel way to detect damage on DNA. The finding could open the way to a new toolkit of molecular probes to investigate the impact of chemical modifications on DNA, potentially providing insights into the way that mutations in DNA can result in cancers.
Science News April 7, 2007	Science Safari: The Great Turtle Race This international conservation event involves 11 leatherback turtles that are "racing" toward feeding areas south of the Galapagos Islands.
Chemistry World April 5, 2007 Victoria Gill	Target for Memory-Enhancing Pills Identified Researchers have taken a step towards developing a pill that could improve memory by pinpointing and testing a potential target enzyme in the brain.
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