Our human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs made up of chemical units referred to by the letters A, C, G and T. (newatlas.com)
In other recent separation deals in the industry, Bayer spun off its Covestro plastics unit and is now selling down the shares, Air Products spun - off specialty chemicals unit Versum and coatings group Akzo Nobel is selling its specialty chemicals division. (cnbc.com)
The two largest transactions for the first quarter were Blackstone's $ 17 billion acquisition of the financial terminals and data unit of Thomson Reuters and Carlyle's 10.1 billion euro acquisition of Akzo Nobel's speciality chemicals unit. (cnbc.com)