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The widely forecast disappointment at last week's meeting of the G7 countries in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is simply explained: governments choose to talk about the wrong things, and they are the wrong governments anyway.
A neat technique originally devised for straightening molecules of DNA turns out to be an effective way of measuring the elastic properties of the molecule.
Featuring cell tissue culture, this edition of product review offers a vibrating microtome, enclosed tissue processing, a rotary cell culture system, a microhomogenizer, and a reference guide to cell lines and hybridomas.