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Why Cats Sniff Each Other’s Butts

PLOS: DNA Science

Exploring the Components of Cat Anal Gland Secretions For those who fondly remember the functional groups of organic chemistry, the volatile organic compounds – VOCs – that spew from cat rears are alcohols, aldehydes, esters, and ketones.

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BioSpace Movers & Shakers, Nov. 20

The Pharma Data

Rozners is a professor and the chairman of the Department of Chemistry at Binghamton University, where his lab focuses on the use of organic chemistry to develop unique model systems and tools for the studies and practical applications of nucleic acid biochemistry.

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How to Get Drugs Into the Brain

Drug Hunter

This oral medication is a significant improvement as the prior standard of care was oral nifurtimox combined with an IV infusion of eflornithine, which is challenging because IV infusions must be conducted in a sterile setting and sterile hospitals are hard to find in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the disease remains an epidemic today.

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