Inaugural issue.Nature Reviews Immunology October (2001)

Insight — Molecular sensing.Nature 13 September (2001)

A collection of review and progress articles on molecular sensing, which include:

Visual transduction in Drosophila. R. C. Hardie & P. Raghu

Molecular mechanisms of nociception. D. Julius & A. Basbaum

Stochastic sensors inspired by biology. H. Bayley & P. S. Crener

Molecular basis of mechanosensory transduction. P. G. Gillespie & R. G. Walker

How the olfactory system makes sense of scents. S. Firestein

Genetic selection and the lure of SIN. G. P.Nolan Nature Biotechnology September (2001)

A News & Views article on the development of a widely applicable functional-genomics strategy based on alphavirus expression vectors.

EGF receptors as transcription factors: ridiculous or sublime? M. G.Waugh & J. J.Hsuan Nature Cell Biology September (2001)

A News & Views article on the idea that epidermal growth factor, a transmembrane receptor, can act as a transcription factor at the nucleus.

Excitotoxic destruction facilitates brain tumor growth. J.D.Rothstein & H.Brem Nature Medicine September (2001)

A News & Views article on the discovery that glutamate release promotes growth of malignant gliomas.

Skinny dipping for stem cells. J.Slack Nature Cell Biology September (2001)

A News & Views article on the identification of a new class of stem cells in the skin, which can be converted into several differentiated cell types, including neurons.

A decade of Cdk5. R.Dhavan & L. H.Tsai Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology October (2001)

Review article on cyclin-dependent kinase 5, a critical regulatory molecule in the central nervous system.

Inaugural issue.Nature Reviews Cancer October (2001)

Focus on mouse genomic technologies.Nature Reviews Genetics October (2001), including articles on:

Conditional control of gene expression in the mouse. M. Lewandoski

Gene-trap mutagenesis: past, present and beyond. W. L. Stanford, J. B. Cohn & S. P. Cordes

Engineering chromosomal rearrangements in mice. Y. Yu & A. Bradley