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The new Republican Congress is naturally antipathetic to the US Food and Drug Administration, but radical change will not be easily accomplished, which is just as well.
A long-delayed report of a meeting on plagiarism in Washington two years ago is none the worse for the delay, but should be a reminder that most institutions are still poorly equipped to deal with it.
Using recent findings by Tabor and Richardson, a novel thermostable DNA polymerase that generates sequence data comparable with T7 Sequenase DNA polymerase has been developed for improved base calling and longer reads.
Featuring molecular biology, this week's edition offers concise information on new tools for the laboratory, such as a new thermostable reverse transcriptase and gene-identification and point mutation screening kits.
