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The unexpected early summit meeting between the presidents of the United States and the Soviet Union could be the most fateful of its kind ever to have been held.
New vaccines, developed through genetic engineering, can make immunization an even more effective weapon for tackling disease in developing countries. So what is preventing progress?
Electrons near the top of an electronic band appear to behave at low temperatures as if they were classical particles and not particles best represented by quantum mechanics.
Genetic manipulation of mammalian cells has provided a means of producing unlimited quantities of a high purity, virus-free preparation of factor VIM — the most complex protein manufactured through rDNA technology to date.