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The effects of the inevitable discoveries emerging from the Human Genome Project will be catastrophic for some. Now is the time for preventative action to be taken.
The apparently well-founded discovery that AZT is not a useful drug for the treatment of people infected with HIV does not mean that it is useless in the treatment of those with AIDS.
Novel biochemical processes using magnetic particles have been automated to provide a robotic system to perform processes for large-scale shotgun sequencing.
Molecular research tools, gadgets and gismos featured this week include a new instrument for the real-time analysis of molecular interactions, an anitibody for cystic fibrosis research and a hand-held DNA sequence recorder.
