Nitrosamines are a class of compounds that can form when amines react with nitrosating agents under favorable conditions.

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From a 25-year-old seeking finances for a small start-up to a billionaire businesswoman, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has come a long way. That small start-up in India, Biocon, is now a globally recognized ...

On June 4–6, the American Chemical Society Board of Directors met in Washington, DC, at ACS headquarters to take official actions and take part in discussions. Some board members arrived a day early ...

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C ommercials for drugs all share one noticeable feature: a long list of side effects that the voice-over must read. The list sometimes can be longer than the rest of the ad, observes Denise Okafor, a ...