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Last week's complaint by 97 mostly French physicians draws attention yet again to the need for a wider inquiry into the origins of the contaminated blood scandal.
Large relative and absolute declines in health status in Central and Eastern Europe since the mid-1960s place the countries of this region at a considerable disadvantage as they strive to compete and participate in the new Europe.
Popular books on DNA are replicating quickly, but there is a case for taking seriously a distinctive (and Russian) view of what makes this molecule more interesting than others.
Messenger RNA (mRNA) sequences were amplified from whole blood prepared in guanidine thiocyanate (GuSCN) after capture of the mRNA with an affinity membrane.
Product highlights this week include a filmless autoradiography system, nonradioactive detection kits, an assortment of antibodies, an HPLC system with interlocking add-on modules and a system for quantitative PCR.