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Apart from the occasional look backwards, it is almost forgotten that the foundations of high-energy physics were laid not by the design of experiments but by the observation of chance phenomena.
Designer proteins, accelerated syntheses, and better purification procedures are some of the potential benefits of a melding of the best of antibodies and catalysts.
Recombinant DNA is the topic for this week, with products of use to every DNA researcher, including kits for cloning, tools for electro-phoresis, and off-the-shelf synthetic genes.
