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Good intentions on sustainable development have plainly captivated the British government's heart, but its now published strategy should not be mistaken as a basis for public policy.
Abraham Ortelius suggested the basic elements of the continental drift theory in 1596, thus antedating by more than 150 years other writers credited with early fomulations of the theory.
A small meeting last week on the origin of life pinned down some important questions and showed how many more remain unanswered; a more systematic search of the literature for clues would help.
The biological relevance of the i-motif comes under examination with the structural characterization of oligonucleotides formed of repeats of the human telomeric C-strand sequence d(CCCTAA)n.
Cosmid, yeast artificial chromosome (YAC), P1 and complementary DNA (cDNA) libraries are distributed on high-density filters to the scientific community and experimental results are stored in a common object-based database accessible through the Internet.
Sequence similarity search software and hardware, a new program for chemists working with peptides, peptidomimetics and proteins, and instrumentation for synthesis and sequencing — new product news for molecular biologists.
