Prized Science 2011: Episode 3 - Helping People Stay On Their

Prized Science 2011: Episode 3 - Helping People Stay On Their Medication

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This episode features John A. Lowe, III, Ph.D., winner of the 2011 ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry sponsored by the ACS Division of Business Development and Management and the ACS Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. It highlights Lowe’s advances that led to the development of a schizophrenia drug with fewer side effects and a drug that relieves nausea and vomiting in patients on cancer chemotherapy.

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Published 12/05/13