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Recent improvements of the climate in British research do not imply that the dangers have passed. Indeed, the most serious — complacency — is more serious now than ever.
The failure of an important and worthy application for research funds to the European Commission demonstrates that Europe needs a more imaginative way of backing research that matters.
A lipid named DOTMA has been created that forms unilamellar liposomes which complex with DNA and RNA for the transfection of mammalian cells, including suspension cells and hybridomas.
Products for examining the intricacies of cell function will be on hand next week when the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology hold their joint meeting in San Francisco, California. Below are several examples.