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The money crisis has (or should have) given the managers of the European Communities a nasty fright. The best hope now is that they will embark on a more balanced development of European institutions.
From the structure of sodium chloride to that of a human rhinovirus complexed with its receptor — X-ray crystal analysis has taken an extraordinarily fruitful path since its inception 80 years ago.
The complexity of solid structures containing hydrogen bonds should be a salutary reminder that there is a long way to go before some of the simplest solid structures are understood.
Thousands of human genes are being characterized by analysing complementary DNA sequences. But the job of making full use of this wealth of information is just beginning.
High density peptide and oligonucleotide chips are fabricated using semiconductor-based technologies. These chips have a variety of biological applications.
Featured this week — a new transfection reagent, a quantitative PCR system, new vector systems, fluorescent ion indicators, ionophores and probes for cell signalling, and two new fluorescence-based imaging instruments.
