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ACS NEWS SERVICE Feb. 7, 2007
Weekly PressPac ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, Feb. 12, 2007)

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In This Edition:

• Microbial cellulose: Poised for a high-profile role in biomedicine

• A rapid new process for fabricating microstructures from protein

• New potential health benefit of olive oil for peptic ulcer disease

• Toward a three-in-one airport passenger and baggage security scanner

• Coal tar-based pavement sealers implicated as a source of urban water pollution

• Journalists' Resources

• Mark Your Calendars: ACS National Meeting, March 25-29, Chicago

• Special Event: Chicago News Media Tour/Briefing/Reception

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Microbial cellulose: Poised for a high-profile role in biomedicine
Biomacromolecules

Biotechnology's next high-value product could be microbial cellulose, a form of cellulose produced naturally by bacteria that already has found some successful applications in medicine, according to an article in the current issue of ACS' Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal.

In their review of worldwide research on microbial cellulose, the University of Texas' R. Malcolm Brown Jr. and colleagues in Poland explain
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12-Feb-2007