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| | Recombinant DNA—how public? 383
doi:10.1038/278383a0
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| | 'Safety' cabinets are not safe, says UK study 384
Some of the most popular makes of safety cabinet used for biological research in the UK have containment factors 1000 times lower than the new British Standard, writes Judy Redfearn
Judy Redfearn
doi:10.1038/278384a0
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| | US drug companies push for changes in recombinant DNA guidelines 385
David Dickson reports that fears of industrial espionage are making drug companies reluctant to comply with rules covering genetic engineering research
David Dickson
doi:10.1038/278385a0
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| | Britain's shadow science minister believes in experts 387
With the present government in Britain under extreme pressure to call an election, Robin McKie interviews the Conservative spokesman on science and education, who feels that the major research companies should be more open about the research they undertake. But expert committees should be left to experts.
Robin McKie
doi:10.1038/278387a0
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| | US urged to centralise scientific assessment of cancer risks 388
doi:10.1038/278388a0
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| | UK ministry gives green light to 2,4,5-T 388
doi:10.1038/278388b0
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| | MRC unit finds UK suicide rate falls 388
doi:10.1038/278388c0
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| | Misha Voikhanskii finally permitted to leave Leningrad 388
doi:10.1038/278388d0
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| | A cure for a killer—but how to deliver it? 389
Millions of Third World children die of diarrhoea each year, although there is a simple cure available: oral rehydration. Discovered by scientists a decade ago, it has still not reached the people most in need. Anil Agarwal reports
Anil Agarwal
doi:10.1038/278389a0
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| | News in Brief 392
doi:10.1038/278392a0
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| | Nuclear decisions 393
H. J. DUNSTER
doi:10.1038/278393a0
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| | Nuclear decisions (reply) 393
F. R. FARMER
doi:10.1038/278393b0
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| | Nuclear decisions (reply) 393
M. J. GAINS
doi:10.1038/278393c0
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| | Opioid peptides and their relatives 394
John Hughes
doi:10.1038/278394a0
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| | The representation of three-dimensional objects 395
N. S. Sutherland
doi:10.1038/278395a0
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| | The Ice-age Amazon 399
Paul Colinvaux
doi:10.1038/278399a0
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| | Difficulties in the definition of new hominid species 400
Palaeoanthropology correspondent
doi:10.1038/278400a0
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| | Death of a schistosome 401
F. E. G. Cox
doi:10.1038/278401a0
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| | Growing embryos in vitro
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Gillian Morriss
doi:10.1038/278402a0
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| | A hundred years ago 402
doi:10.1038/278402b0
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| | The new frontier of particle physics 403
John Mulvey
doi:10.1038/278403a0
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| | Radiocarbon measurements on submerged forest floating chronologies 409
J. A. Campbell & M. S. Baxter
doi:10.1038/278409a0
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| | Crystal structure and molecular interactions of tropomyosin 413
G. N. Phillips Jr, E. E. Lattman, P. Cummins, K. Y. Lee & C. Cohen
doi:10.1038/278413a0
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| | Endogenous mammary tumour virus DNA varies among wild mice and segregates during inbreeding 418
J. Craig Cohen & Harold E. Varmus
doi:10.1038/278418a0
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| | Nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for bovine corticotropin- -lipotropin precursor 423
Shigetada Nakanishi, Akira Inoue, Toru Kita, Akira Inoue, Masahiro Nakamura, Annie C. Y. Chang, Stanley N. Cohen & Shosaku Numa
doi:10.1038/278423a0
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| | Organisation and sequences at the 5' end of a cloned complete ovalbumin gene 428
F. Gannon, K. O'Hare, F. Perrin, J. P. LePennec, C. Benoist, M. Cochet, R. Breathnach, A. Royal, A. Garapin, B. Cami & P. Chambon
doi:10.1038/278428a0
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| | GX339−4: a new black hole candidate 434
J. SAMIMI, G. H. SHARE, K. WOOD, D. YENTIS, J. MEEKINS, W. D. EVANS, S. SHULMAN, E. T. BYRAM, T. A. CHUBB & H. FRIEDMAN
doi:10.1038/278434a0
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| | Semi-periodic pulsations in circinus X−1 436
D. SADEH, M. MEIDAV, K. WOOD, D. YENTIS, H. SMATHERS, J. MEEKINS, W. EVANS, E. T. BYRAM, T. A. CHUBB & H. FRIEDMAN
doi:10.1038/278436a0
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| | Structure of lithium−sodium -alumina by powder neutron diffraction 438
B. C. TOFIELD & G. C. FARRINGTON
doi:10.1038/278438a0
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| | Interconnected fibre masses precipitated from solutions of polymers 439
L. B. KELLER & R. K. JENKINS
doi:10.1038/278439a0
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| | Sea-level changes during the late Pleistocene and Holocene in the Strait of Malacca 441
M. A. GEYH, H. STREIF & H.-R. KUDRASS
doi:10.1038/278441a0
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| | Maximum density of random placing of membrane particles 443
LEONARD FINEGOLD & JOHN T. DONNELL
doi:10.1038/278443a0
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| | The greening of polar bears in zoos 445
RALPH A. LEWIN & PHILLIP T. ROBINSON
doi:10.1038/278445a0
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| | Receptor for IgG(Fc) and human
2-microglobulin on S. mansoni schistosomula 447
G. TORPIER, A. CAPRON & M. A. OUAISSI
doi:10.1038/278447a0
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| | Demonstration of MHC-specific haemolytic plaque-forming cells 449
JONATHAN C. HOWARD & JOSE R. F. CORVALAN
doi:10.1038/278449a0
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| | The beige mutation in the mouse selectively impairs natural killer cell function 451
JOHN RODER & AXEL DUWE
doi:10.1038/278451a0
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| | Amyloid resistance in A/J mice is determined by a single gene 453
JEFFREY R. WOHLGETHAN & EDGAR S. CATHCART
doi:10.1038/278453a0
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| | Histamine-coated particles generate Superoxide (O-
2) and chemiluminescence in alveolar macrophages 454
PATRICIA DIAZ, D. G. JONES & A. B. KAY
doi:10.1038/278454a0
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| | Anti-inflammatory steroids induce biosynthesis of a phospholipase A2 inhibitor which prevents prostaglandin generation 456
R. J. FLOWER & G. J. BLACKWELL
doi:10.1038/278456a0
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| | Stimulatory effect of vanadate on (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity and on 3H-ouabain-binding in a cat heart cell membrane preparation 459
ERLAND ERDMANN, WOLFGANG KRAWIETZ, GUNTHER PHILIPP, INGELORE HACKBARTH, WILHELM SCHMITZ & HASSO SCHOLZ
doi:10.1038/278459a0
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| | Thyrotropin-releasing hormone: central site of action in antagonism of pentobarbital narcosis 461
P. W. KALIVAS & A. HORITA
doi:10.1038/278461a0
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| | Corticotrophin releasing factor may be modulated vasopressin 463
GLENDA GILLIES & PHILIP LOWRY
doi:10.1038/278463a0
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| | Effect of electroconvulsive shock on monoaminergic receptor binding sites in rat brain 464
DEBRA A. BERGSTROM & KENNETH J. KELLAR
doi:10.1038/278464a0
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| | Bio-selective membrane electrode using tissue slices 466
G. A. RECHNITZ, M. A. ARNOLD & M. E. MEYERHOFF
doi:10.1038/278466a0
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| | Elevation of protein synthesis is a complex response to fertilisation 467
JOHN W. BRANDIS & RUDOLF A. RAFF
doi:10.1038/278467a0
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| | Efficiency of protein synthesis after fertilisation of sea urchin eggs 469
MERRILL B. HILLE & ALEGRIA A. ALBERS
doi:10.1038/278469a0
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| | 2-5A synthetase: assay, distribution and variation with growth or hormone status 471
GEORGE R. STARK, WILLIAM J. DOWER, ROBERT T. SCHIMKE, RONALD E. BROWN & IAN M. KERR
doi:10.1038/278471a0
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| | 'Freezing' of Ca-regulated conformation of reconstituted thin filament of skeletal muscle by glutaraldehyde 473
TAKASHI MIKAWA
doi:10.1038/278473a0
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| | Movement of myosin heads during a heart beat 474
I. MATSUBARA, N. YAGI & M. ENDOH
doi:10.1038/278474a0
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| | Tn554—a site-specific represser-controlled transposon in Staphylococcus aureus
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SANDRA PHILLIPS & RICHARD P. NOVICK
doi:10.1038/278476a0
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| | Early Precambrian oxygen 479
VINCENT DEMOULIN
doi:10.1038/278479a0
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| | Early Precambrian oxygen (reply) 479
KENNETH M. TOWE
doi:10.1038/278479b0
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| | Effect of prostaglandin E2 on prostacyclin production by endothelial cells 480
J. L. GORDON, J. D. PEARSON & D. E. MACINTYRE
doi:10.1038/278480a0
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| | Effect of prostaglandin E2 on prostacyclin production by endothelial cells (reply) 480
V. TOMASI, C. MERINGOLO, G. BARTOLINI & M. ORLANDI
doi:10.1038/278480b0
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| | Angels and devils of science 481
R. H. Pritchard reviews Recombinant DNA: The Untold Story
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J. Lear
doi:10.1038/278481a0
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| | Enigmas of filterable, invisible entities 482
David Baltimore reviews An Introduction to the History of Virology
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A. P. Waterson & Lise Wilkinson
doi:10.1038/278482a0
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| | Plant hormones 483
H. Smith reviews Phytohormones and Related Compounds: A Comprehensive Treatise.
Vol 1: The Biochemistry of Phytohormones and Related Compounds. Edited by
D. S. Letham, P. B. Goodwin & T. J. V. Higgins
doi:10.1038/278483a0
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| | Biological effects of ultraviolet radiation 484
A. R. Lehmann reviews UV-A: Biological Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation, with Emphasis on Human Responses to Longwave Ultraviolet.
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J. A. Parrish, R. A. Anderson, F. Urbach & D. Pitts
doi:10.1038/278484a0
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| | Experimental phycology 484
W. D. P. Stewart reviews Physiological and Biochemical Methods
Handbook of Phycological Methods. Edited by
J. A. Hellebust & J. S. Craigie
doi:10.1038/278484b0
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| | Neurochemistry and behaviour 485
Henry McIlwain reviews The Chemistry of Human Behaviour
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H. L. Meltzer
doi:10.1038/278485a0
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| | Sedimentary environments 486
R. C. Selley reviews Sedimentary Environments and Facies
Edited by
H. G. Reading
doi:10.1038/278486a0
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| | Meteorite reference work 486
Robert Hutchison reviews The Nature and Origin of Meteorites
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D. W. Sears
doi:10.1038/278486b0
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| | Recent scientific and technical books 487
doi:10.1038/278487a0
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| | Obituary: Alexander Wetmore 490
D. W. Snow
doi:10.1038/278490a0
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| | Obituary: Sidnie Manton 490
J. Gordon Blower
doi:10.1038/278490b0
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| | Obituary: E. R. Creed 491
E. B. Ford
doi:10.1038/278491a0
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| | Obituary: Lord Cranbrook 491
P. H. Greenwood & H. N. Southern
doi:10.1038/278491b0
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| | Obituary: Jean Clark Dan 492
Laura Hunter Colwin & Arthur L. Colwin
doi:10.1038/278492a0
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