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August 13, 2001
Volume 79, Number 33
CENEAR 79 33 p. 3

NEWS OF THE WEEK
SOLAR CELLS
Crystalline dye and a liquid crystal self-assemble into photovoltaic thin film.
ENERGY POLICY GAINS GROUND
House-passed bill sets $35 billion in tax breaks, mainly for increasing use of fossil fuels.
GENE-DELIVERY POLYMERS
Parallel methods yield 140 candidates for further screening; some show promise.
FALLOUT OVER POLYOLS DEAL
Bayer, the buyer, is seeking $100 million in damages from the seller, Lyondell.
TRIPLET CARBENE
Compound has half-life of 19 minutes.
NEWEST ACS EDITOR
Utah's Dale Poulter will take the helm of the Journal of Organic Chemistry.
DRUG ACQUISITIONS
Purchases broaden market niches for Baxter, Genzyme.
MORE CHEMICAL EARNINGS
BASF and Bayer are hit by slowing world economy.
PREFERRED STRUCTURE
Amino acid serine assembles in eight-member clusters.
COVER STORY
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Only in its infancy, the field of pharmacogenomics has the potential to radically change the way health care is provided.
BUSINESS
BUSINESS CONCENTRATES
CUSTOM MANUFACTURING
Supplying chemicals based on "dangerous chemistry" is a small but profitable niche.
NORDIC CHEMICALS
Specialty chemicals firm Dynea is created from Norway's Dyno and Finland's Neste by Swedish investment firm Industri Kapital.
NAICS OBFUSCATES
New classification system for industry data causes concern and confusion.
GOVERNMENT & POLICY
GOVERNMENT CONCENTRATES
CLIMATE CHANGE
International agreement on Kyoto protocol is reached; U.S. Congress reacts.
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
Controversial work finds that colchicine in ginkgo biloba and echinacea may endanger pregnant women and fetuses.
MEETINGS
53RD ACS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PROGRAM
Technical papers and special events are listed and the registration form provided for the meeting in Savannah, Ga., Sept. 23–26.
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