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Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Patrick Walter	RSC acquires rights to Merck Index The Royal Society of Chemistry has acquired the rights to the 'bible' of chemistry, the Merck Index, familiar around the world to medicinal chemists and drug discovery scientists.
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Chemistry World April 27, 2011 Carol Stanier	Drug cocktails greater than the sum of their parts Canadian scientists have shown that combining an antibiotic that is past its prime with other drugs can give it a new lease of life.
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Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Ron Feemster	Gene Logic: Rescue Squad One or two late-stage clinical failures can land promising drug candidates on the shelf. Forever? Maybe not. Gene Logic tests Big Pharma's dead drugs for hundreds of different targets.
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Chemistry World March 26, 2013	Germany, China create nanotech center Researchers in Germany and China have founded a new nanotechnology and biomedicine center to develop new materials, focusing on developing regenerative treatments for bone diseases.
Chemistry World February 15, 2006 Simon Hadlington	Pharmaceutical Promise in the Desert Two molecules that inhibit a protein linked to cancer pathogenesis have been discovered in the Arizona desert.
Chemistry World February 4, 2009 Nina Notman	Marine sponges show their age Whilst searching for oil, a team of international scientists have found something completely different -proof that animal life existed more than 635 million years ago.
Chemistry World February 22, 2010 Hayley Birch	Soil switches on antibiotic genes in bacteria So-called 'cryptic' bacterial genes that preside over the production of medically important compounds can be switched on using environmental triggers, German scientists have shown.
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Chemistry World December 18, 2007 Victoria Gill	Seeds of Doubt A company called Planktos plans to dump 50-100 tons of iron sulfate into a patch of ocean 100km wide in a bid to seed the growth of plankton.
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