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American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 25, 2007

Here is the latest American Chemical Society (ACS) News Service Weekly press package (PressPac) with reports selected from ACS 35 peer-reviewed journals and Chemical & Engineering News. Please cite the individual journal, or the American Chemical Society, as the source of this information.


ACS NEWS SERVICE July 25, 2007
Weekly PressPac ALL CONTENT IS FOR IMMEDIATE USE EXCEPT ARTICLE #5 (EMBARGOED FOR 9 A.M., EASTERN TIME, July 30, 2007)


PressPac Archive: http://www.chemistry.org/news/presspac.html

Contact: Michael Woods
202-872-4400
m_woods@acs.org

In This Edition:

  • Toward an alternative to stem cells for treating chronic brain diseases
  • Oil spill clean-up agents threaten coral reefs
  • First potential biomarker for human exposure to diesel exhaust
  • Fishing for an answer: Wild or farmed"
  • Well-intended research in the wrong hands can become a weapon of terror

Mark Your Calendars:

  • 234th ACS National Meeting, August 19-23, Boston, MA

Journalists Resources:

  • New ACS Annual Report
  • Sustainability Pledge from Worlds Top Chemical Societies
  • For wired readers: Science Elements: A New ACS Podcast
  • Chemistry Glossary

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ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Toward an alternative to stem cells for treating chronic brain diseases
Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Contact: Michael Woods
m_woods@acs.org
202-872-4400
American Chemical Society
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