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The financial pressure on British universities has been eased in the past few weeks. But there is a great deal to be done before the universities and the government are reconciled.
The US National Academy of Sciences has told the Environmental Protection Agency how to regulate chemicals causing inheritable mutations. But the more urgent need is for more research.