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The United States and Western European governments are trying to settle their quarrel about the Siberian pipeline. Their most important task is to find a way of rewriting the strategic embargo.
A difference of just one nucleotide distinguishes a human cancer gene from its normal counterpart. All of cancer is not that simple but the molecular biologist's approach should be reinforced.
The making of a multi-author book can be a long and frustrating business for all those involved — contributors, academic editor and publisher. Here Anthony Watkinson charts the sequence of events and describes what can go awry.