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C. Robin Ganellin

C. Robin Ganellin Born: 1934Birthplace: London, England Antiulcer compounds and compositions—Durant, Emmett and Ganellin discovered the drug cimetidine (trade name Tagamet) which inhibits the…

Lewis Hastings Sarett

Lewis Hastings SarettBorn: 1917Birthplace: Champaign, Ill. The process of treating pregnene compounds—Sarett prepared the first synthetic cortisone. He and several collaborators developed…

John Paul Hogan

John Paul Hogan Born: 1919 Birthplace: Lowes, Ky. Polypropylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE)—While working for the Phillips Petroleum Company, Banks and Hogan developed two of the…

Cholesterol

Cholesterol is sort of a “cousin” of fat. Both fat and cholesterol belong to a larger family of chemical compounds called lipids. All the cholesterol the body needs is made by the liver. It…

The Uranian Rings

Voyager 2 also expanded the body of information pertaining to the rings and moons of Uranus. Voyager's cameras obtained the first images of 9 previously known narrow rings and discovered at…

hydrogen chloride

(Encyclopedia) hydrogen chloride, chemical compound, HCl, a colorless, poisonous gas with an unpleasant, acrid odor. It is very soluble in water and readily soluble in alcohol and ether. It fumes in…