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Nature Biotechnology
ISSUE
December 2006, Volume 24 No 12
In This Issue
Focus
Editorials
NewsIn Brief | Data Page
BioentrepreneurBuilding a business
Opinion and CommentCorrespondence | Investor's Lab | Book Review
News and Views
Editorial
NewsNews Feature
Opinion and CommentCommentary
FeaturesPatents
ResearchReviews
Computational BiologyPrimer
Brief Communication
ResearchArticles | Letters
NaturejobsCareers and Recruitment | People
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Focus Top
Focus on Antibacterials
  Contents     Editorial    News Features  Feature
Commentary Reviews Feedback Joint Focus
This issue provides several articles focusing on antibacterial research and development. Additional material, brought together in a joint focus with Nature Reviews Drug Discovery supported by AstraZeneca and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, is also available by clicking on the box "Joint Focus" above.
Editorials Top
A billion dollar punt p1453
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1453
Abstract | Full text | PDF (81K)
All together now? p1454
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1454
Abstract | Full text | PDF (45K)
News Top
Biotech takes aim at large anti-estrogen markets pp1455 - 1456
Mark Hollmer
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1455
Abstract | Full text | PDF (153K)
Niche indications could drive higher valuations p1457
John Ransom
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1457
Abstract | Full text | PDF (95K)
European pharma consolidation generates quality spinoffs pp1458 - 1459
Cormac Sheridan
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1458
Abstract | Full text | PDF (185K)
Danish biotech outperforms its European counterparts pp1460 - 1461
Nuala Moran
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1460
Abstract | Full text | PDF (165K)
In Brief
News in brief pp1463 - 1464Published online: 06 December 2006 | 
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1463
Full text | PDF (135K)
Profile: Daphne Zohar p1465
Mark Ratner
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1465
Abstract | Full text | PDF (77K)
Data Page
Biotech blockbusters consolidate markets p1466
Stacy Lawrence
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1466
Full text | PDF (102K)
Bioentrepreneur Top
Building a business
Getting it right the first time pp1467 - 1469
Barbara M. Johnson
Published online: 23 October 2006 | doi:10.1038/bioent913
PDF (106K)
Opinion and Comment Top
Correspondence
NCBI GEO standards and services for microarray data pp1471 - 1472
Ron Edgar & Tanya Barrett
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1471
Full text | PDF (274K)
Why the omega-3 piggy should not go to market pp1472 - 1473
Autumn Fiester
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1472
Full text | PDF (123K)
Maximizing state and federal spending while minimizing conflicts pp1473 - 1474
Melvin L Billingsley & Michele Washko
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1473
Full text | PDF (177K)
The art of gene function prediction pp1474 - 1475
T M Murali, Chang-Jiun Wu & Simon Kasif
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1474
Full text | PDF (213K)  | Supplementary Information
Reply to "The art of gene function prediction" pp1475 - 1476
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1475
Full text | PDF (138K)
Reproducibility Probability Score—incorporating measurement variability across laboratories for gene selection pp1476 - 1477
Guixian Lin, Xuming He, Hanlee Ji, Leming Shi, Ronald W Davis & Sheng Zhong
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1476
Full text | PDF (170K)  | Supplementary Information
Investor's Lab
Is there balm in Gilead? p1478
Tom Jacobs
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1478
Full text | PDF (57K)
Book Review
The real deal p1479
Reviewed by: Harvey Bialy
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1479
Full text | PDF (69K)
News and Views Top
Towards cell therapy for diabetes pp1481 - 1483
Ole D Madsen & Palle Serup
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1481
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,407K)
A new lease on life for dendritic cell vaccines? pp1483 - 1484
Frank O Nestle
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1483
Abstract | Full text | PDF (120K)
See also: Research by Park et al.
Profile of a bacterial tumor killer pp1484 - 1485
Neil S Forbes
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1484
Abstract | Full text | PDF (718K)
See also: Research by Bettegowda et al.
Research Highlights p1487
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1487
Full text | PDF (82K)
Editorial Top
Focus on Antibacterials
Bring the magic back to the bullets p1489
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1489
Abstract | Full text | PDF (86K)
News Top
News Feature
Focus on Antibacterials
Anti-infective antibodies: finding the path forward pp1491 - 1493
Monya Baker
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1491
Abstract | Full text | PDF (118K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Antibiotics au naturel pp1494 - 1496
Cormac Sheridan
Published online: 06 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1494
Abstract | Full text | PDF (836K)
Opinion and Comment Top
Commentary
Focus on Antibacterials
Antibacterial discovery and development—the failure of success? pp1497 - 1503
Prabhavathi Fernandes
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1497
Abstract | Full text | PDF (394K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Prospects for plant-derived antibacterials pp1504 - 1507
Kim Lewis & Frederick M Ausubel
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1504
Abstract | Full text | PDF (316K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Reinventing phage therapy: are the parts greater than the sum? pp1508 - 1511
Vincent A Fischetti, Daniel Nelson & Raymond Schuch
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1508
Abstract | Full text | PDF (215K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Antibiotics—an investment worth making? pp1512 - 1514
Ralph E Christoffersen
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1512
Abstract | Full text | PDF (149K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Moving goalposts—regulatory oversight of antibacterial drugs pp1515 - 1519
Randall Brenner, Evelyn J Ellis-Grosse & Roger Echols
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1515
Abstract | Full text | PDF (1,200K)
The pharma company view pp1515 - 1519
Randall Brenner & Evelyn J Ellis-Grosse
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1515
Full text | PDF (1,200K)
Moving goalposts—regulatory oversightof antibacterial drugs pp1519 - 1520
Roger Echols
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1519
Full text | PDF (125K)
Features Top
Focus on Antibacterials
The business of developing antibacterials pp1521 - 1528
Jeffrey L Fox
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1521
Abstract | Full text | PDF (238K)
Patents
Focus on Antibacterials
Where have all the antibiotic patents gone? pp1529 - 1531
Martin L Katz, Lisa V Mueller, Mark Polyakov & Steven F Weinstock
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1529
Abstract | Full text | PDF (107K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Recent patent applications related to antibacterials p1532
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1532
Full text | PDF (40K)
Research Top
Reviews
Focus on Antibacterials
Molecular engineering approaches to peptide, polyketide and other antibiotics pp1533 - 1540
Richard H Baltz
Published online: 11 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1265
Abstract | Full text | PDF (273K)
Focus on Antibacterials
New antibiotics from bacterial natural products pp1541 - 1550
Jon Clardy, Michael A Fischbach & Christopher T Walsh
Published online: 11 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1266
Abstract | Full text | PDF (398K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Antimicrobial and host-defense peptides as new anti-infective therapeutic strategies pp1551 - 1557
Robert E W Hancock & Hans-Georg Sahl
Published online: 11 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1267
Abstract | Full text | PDF (326K)
Focus on Antibacterials
Riboswitches as antibacterial drug targets pp1558 - 1564
Kenneth F Blount & Ronald R Breaker
Published online: 11 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1268
Abstract | Full text | PDF (740K)
Computational Biology Top
Primer
What is a support vector machine? pp1565 - 1567
William S Noble
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1565
Abstract | Full text | PDF (243K)
Brief Communication Top
Blue fluorescent proteins with enhanced brightness and photostability from a structurally targeted library pp1569 - 1571
Marco A Mena, Thomas P Treynor, Stephen L Mayo & Patrick S Daugherty
Published online: 19 November 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1264
Abstract | Full text | PDF (236K)  | Supplementary Information
Research Top
Articles
The genome and transcriptomes of the anti-tumor agent Clostridium novyi-NT pp1573 - 1580
Chetan Bettegowda, Xin Huang, Jimmy Lin, Ian Cheong, Manu Kohli, Stephen A Szabo, Xiaosong Zhang, Luis A Diaz Jr, Victor E Velculescu, Giovanni Parmigiani, Kenneth W Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein & Shibin Zhou
Published online: 19 November 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1256
Abstract | Full text | PDF (496K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Forbes
An essential role for Akt1 in dendritic cell function and tumor immunotherapy pp1581 - 1590
Dongsu Park, Natalia Lapteva, Mamatha Seethammagari, Kevin M Slawin & David M Spencer
Published online: 03 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1262
Abstract | Full text | PDF (562K)  | Supplementary Information
See also: News and Views by Nestle
Letters
Glycan optimization of a human monoclonal antibody in the aquatic plant Lemna minor pp1591 - 1597
Kevin M Cox, Jason D Sterling, Jeffrey T Regan, John R Gasdaska, Karen K Frantz, Charles G Peele, Amelia Black, David Passmore, Cristina Moldovan-Loomis, Mohan Srinivasan, Severino Cuison, Pina M Cardarelli & Lynn F Dickey
Published online: 26 November 2006 | doi:10.1038/nbt1260
Abstract | Full text | PDF (417K)  | Supplementary Information
Naturejobs Top
Careers and Recruitment
Executive compensation at private biotech companies: beyond hearsay pp1599 - 1600
Bruce Rychlik & Mike DiPierro
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1599
Abstract | Full text | PDF (115K)
People
People p1602
doi:10.1038/nbt1206-1602
Full text | PDF (74K)
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