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The US project to build a space station is once again in trouble. The best solution is none of the alternatives presented last week to President Clinton, but a mechanism for true international participation.
Hunger-striking is not an honourable way of influencing events, but an expression of frustration. Walter Stewart has given up his fast. His employers (the NIH) might better now be able to be conciliatory.
New products in the field of immunology include an interleukin-1 drug screening assay system, microplate washers and readers, radiolabelled interleukin-4, and a selection of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
