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Merck partners with Moderna to test KRas cancer vaccines in humans

The pair hopes to stimulate the immune system to tackle tumors bearing mutant KRas proteins, one of cancer’s toughest targets




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ACS sets its fall election ballot




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ACS Portland Section hosts Women in Science Student Summit




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ACS annual report available online




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Let’s hear it from the ACS national meeting

More than 16,000 people showed up to the meeting in New Orleans. Here are a few of their stories




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H.I.G. acquires Brazil’s Elekeiroz




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Membership to NAS is among the most prestigious scientific honors in the U.S.




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Simple guidelines could make designing catalysts for electrochemical reactions easy

Theoretical model uses readily available data to predict catalysts for tackling energy challenges




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ACS and French Chemical Society jointly award inaugural Franco-American Lectureship Prize




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ACS names 2018–19 public policy fellows




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Bayer clears path to clinch Monsanto acquisition by divesting more to BASF

BASF will buy agrochemical and seed businesses for $2 billion




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Eurofins acquires Covance’s analytical services unit for foods




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CVC to acquire composites maker AOC and link it with Aliancys




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ACS outreach at the USA Science & Engineering Festival and March for Science




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Reaction aminates C–H bonds selectively

Manganese phthalocyanine catalyst shows preference for least-hindered benzylic C–H bonds




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Bacteria make a meal of penicillin

Engineered bacteria could be used for bioremediation of antibiotic-contaminated soils




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Solid body wash comes without packaging. But does that make it eco-friendly?

Cosmetics firms appeal to plastic-free consumers with the hybrid of bar soap and liquid body wash




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Escient launches to tackle itching and anaphylactoid drug targets

The startup raised $40 million to target a class of GPCRs called Mas-related G-protein receptors, to treat neuroimmune and inflammatory conditions




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How chemistry helps track and detect nuclear materials

Chemists are designing better methods to analyze confiscated nuclear materials and to track nuclear activity remotely




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Lilly boosts immunotherapy pipeline with Armo BioSciences acquisition

The drug company will pay $1.6 billion to gain Armo’s IL-10 program




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Sarepta acquires five muscular dystrophy gene therapies from Myonexus




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Merck and Moderna sign cancer vaccine deal




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Chemists elected to National Academy of Medicine




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Making ACS meetings welcoming portals to the society




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Succinic acid maker BioAmber is bankrupt




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SOCMA head Jennifer Abril wants to take the trade association back to its roots

The nontraditional leader of the specialty chemical manufacturers’ association wants to steer it back to its traditional values




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El aumento de las emisiones de CFC amenaza la recuperación de la capa de ozono

El triclorofluorometano probablemente se origine en fábricas del este de Asia




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Accent Therapeutics launches to target the epitranscriptomic RNA code in cancer

With $40 million series A funding, the start-up will develop inhibitors of proteins that make chemical modifications to RNA




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Massive Attack’s space-age anniversary and an out-of-this-world vista




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ACS’s educational outreach: When rain gives way to flowers




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Ardena acquires Syntagon to boost APIs




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The good times keep rolling in pharmaceutical chemicals

Exhibitors at CPhI North America report another year of record growth and investment




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Gilead’s Kite adds cell therapy manufacturing capacity




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Merck’s Ebola vaccine arrives in Congo




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Lilly acquires AurKa




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Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production 




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Enzyme catalyzes cross-membrane reaction

Hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules don’t have to leave their natural environments to react




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Chemical firms rush to meet final REACH regulation deadline

Products made in volumes between 1 and 100 metric tons must be registered by May 31




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StoreDot’s flash battery gets BP backing




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Ice cores may have tracked ancient Rome’s boom and bust

Traces of lead pinpoint economic activity, but doubts about contamination have been raised




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Celgene to pay Evotec $65 million in cancer drug pact




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Tackling sustainable fertilizer production with an alternative electrolyte

Ionic liquid and aprotic solvent boost efficiency of electrochemical ammonia production




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Detecting traces of fentanyl in the field

Mini mass spec can detect lower opioid levels than other methods




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Chemistry in Pictures: ‘Dusty peacock’




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Deployment of Merck’s experimental Ebola vaccine well under way in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The first goal is to thwart the outbreak, but researchers also hope for new insights into combating the virus




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The ACS Board of Directors demystified