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Nature 415, 943 (28 February 2002) | doi:10.1038/415943b

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Japan is asking too much of its latest flagship initiative in the biological sciences.

By any reckoning, the Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) that is soon to open its doors in Kobe, Japan (see pages 952–953), is a bold initiative. Its facilities are second to none, and its leaders have pledged to give talented young scientists free rein to develop their own research interests.