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Heme is an essential co-factor involved in multiple biological processes: oxygen transport and storage, electron transfer, drug and steroid metabolism. It is the iron atom that reversibly binds oxygen as the blood travels between the lungs and the tissues.
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SEP 16, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Among the frontier challenges in chemistry in the 21st century are the interconnected goals of increasing control of chemical reactivity while synthesizing and diversifying complex molecules ...Speaker: Christina White
SEP 16, 2015 | 12:00 PM
Among the frontier challenges in chemistry in the 21st century are the interconnected goals of increasing control of chemical reactivity while synthesizing and diversifying complex molecules ...
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Christina White
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SEP 16, 2015 | 5:00 AM PDT
C&EN is delighted to present its second annual virtual symposium highlighting groundbreaking research in drug discovery, chemical synthesis, informatics and drug development. On Septembe...
SEP 16, 2015
| 5:00 AM PDT
C&EN is delighted to present its second annual virtual symposium highlighting groundbreaking research in drug discovery, chemical synthesis, informatics and drug development. On Septembe...