Better
libraries through chemistry
CAS chemistry gets $10.7 million to develop molecular library
By
Tim Stoddard
In the race to churn out new blockbuster drugs, pharmaceutical companies
are hitting a wall in the development process. The chemical libraries
they use to synthesize complex drugs are fundamentally limited, says John
Porco, a CAS assistant professor of chemistry and pharmacology, and the
poor selection is stifling innovation.
Unregulated lawyers enable corporate wrongdoing, says BU legal ethicist
By
David J. Craig
By the time the federal government completes its investigation
of Enron’s bankruptcy, scores of executives, bankers, and accountants
are expected to face criminal charges or lawsuits for not trying to stop
allegedly fraudulent deals that lined the pockets of millionaires and
left thousands of employees broke.
Beating
her own mental illness
Sargent student hopes to share rehab experience
By
David J. Craig
Lyn Legere remembers vividly the winter day in 1984 when
her advisor at a mental health day treatment program in Boston refused
to support her plan to become a paralegal.
Weekly
raffle for BU contributors
Student’s childhood rescue just one of many United Way success stories
By
Hope Green
Polishing
the Pearl
Prof’s
creative preservation effort key to saving historic black church
By
Hope Green
They call it the Pearl of Portsmouth. With its high tin
ceilings, arched stained-glass windows, and wrought-iron balconies, the
weathered 19th-century building is classic New England.
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