News in brief - pp147 - 148

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-147

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Sidney Wolfe - p149

Randall Osborne

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-149

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2007—a banner year for biotech - p150

Stacy Lawrence

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-150

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Priced out of the UK market - pp151 - 154

Nuala Moran

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-151

Abstract - Priced out of the UK market | Full Text - Priced out of the UK market | PDF (261 KB) - Priced out of the UK market

FDA on transgenic animals—a dog's breakfast? - pp159 - 160

Henry I Miller

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-159

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Action needed to harmonize regulation of low-level presence of biotech traits - pp161 - 162

Roger Krueger & Bernard Le Buanec

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-161

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Metabolite identification via the Madison Metabolomics Consortium Database - pp162 - 164

Qiu Cui, Ian A Lewis, Adrian D Hegeman, Mark E Anderson, Jing Li, Christopher F Schulte, William M Westler, Hamid R Eghbalnia, Michael R Sussman & John L Markley

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-162

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Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data - pp164 - 167

Suresh Mathivanan, Mukhtar Ahmed, Natalie G Ahn, Hainard Alexandre, Ramars Amanchy, Philip C Andrews, Joel S Bader, Brian M Balgley, Marcus Bantscheff, Keiryn L Bennett, Erik Björling, Blagoy Blagoev, Ron Bose, Samir K Brahmachari, Alma S Burlingame, Xosé R Bustelo, Gerard Cagney, Greg T Cantin, Helene L Cardasis, Julio E Celis, Raghothama Chaerkady, Feixia Chu, Philip A Cole, Catherine E Costello, Robert J Cotter, David Crockett, James P DeLany, Angelo M De Marzo, Leroi V DeSouza, Eric W Deutsch, Eric Dransfield, Gerard Drewes, Arnaud Droit, Michael J Dunn, Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, Rob M Ewing, Jennifer Van Eyk, Vitor Faca, Jayson Falkner, Xiangming Fang, Catherine Fenselau, Daniel Figeys, Pierre Gagné, Cecilia Gelfi, Kris Gevaert, Jeffrey M Gimble, Florian Gnad, Renu Goel, Pavel Gromov, Samir M Hanash, William S Hancock, HC Harsha, Gerald Hart, Faith Hays, Fuchu He, Prashantha Hebbar, Kenny Helsens, Heiko Hermeking, Winston Hide, Karin Hjernø, Denis F Hochstrasser, Oliver Hofmann, David M Horn, Ralph H Hruban, Nieves Ibarrola, Peter James, Ole N Jensen, Pia Hønnerup Jensen, Peter Jung, Kumaran Kandasamy, Indu Kheterpal, Reiko F Kikuno, Ulrike Korf, Roman Körner, Bernhard Kuster, Min-Seok Kwon, Hyoung-Joo Lee, Young-Jin Lee, Michael Lefevre, Minna Lehvaslaiho, Pierre Lescuyer, Fredrik Levander, Megan S Lim, Christian Löbke, Joseph A Loo, Matthias Mann, Lennart Martens, Juan Martinez-Heredia, Mark McComb, James McRedmond, Alexander Mehrle, Rajasree Menon, Christine A Miller, Harald Mischak, S Sujatha Mohan, Riaz Mohmood, Henrik Molina, Michael F Moran, James D Morgan, Robert Moritz, Martine Morzel, David C Muddiman, Anuradha Nalli, J Daniel Navarro, Thomas A Neubert, Osamu Ohara, Rafael Oliva, Gilbert S Omenn, Masaaki Oyama, Young-Ki Paik, Kyla Pennington, Rainer Pepperkok, Balamurugan Periaswamy, Emanuel F Petricoin, Guy G Poirier, T S Keshava Prasad, Samuel O Purvine, B Abdul Rahiman, Prasanna Ramachandran, Y L Ramachandra, Robert H Rice, Jens Rick, Ragna H Ronnholm, Johanna Salonen, Jean-Charles Sanchez, Thierry Sayd, Beerelli Seshi, Kripa Shankari, Shi Jun Sheng, Vivekananda Shetty, K Shivakumar, Richard J Simpson, Ravi Sirdeshmukh, K W Michael Siu, Jeffrey C Smith, Richard D Smith, David J States, Sumio Sugano, Matthew Sullivan, Giulio Superti-Furga, Maarit Takatalo, Visith Thongboonkerd, Jonathan C Trinidad, Mathias Uhlen, Joël Vandekerckhove, Julian Vasilescu, Timothy D Veenstra, José-Manuel Vidal-Taboada, Mauno Vihinen, Robin Wait, Xiaoyue Wang, Stefan Wiemann, Billy Wu, Tao Xu, John R Yates, Jun Zhong, Ming Zhou, Yunping Zhu, Petra Zurbig & Akhilesh Pandey

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-164

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How biotech can transform biofuels - pp169 - 172

Lee R Lynd, Mark S Laser, David Bransby, Bruce E Dale, Brian Davison, Richard Hamilton, Michael Himmel, Martin Keller, James D McMillan, John Sheehan & Charles E Wyman

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-169

Abstract - How biotech can transform biofuels | Full Text - How biotech can transform biofuels | PDF (278 KB) - How biotech can transform biofuels | Supplementary information

Recent Supreme Court decisions and licensing power - pp183 - 185

Jennifer Giordano-Coltart & Charles W Calkins

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-183

Abstract - Recent Supreme Court decisions and licensing power | Full Text - Recent Supreme Court decisions and licensing power | PDF (110 KB) - Recent Supreme Court decisions and licensing power

Recent patent applications in gene expression - p186

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-186

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What are artificial neural networks? - pp195 - 197

Anders Krogh

doi:10.1038/nbt1386

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Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to nontarget arthropods - pp203 - 208

Jörg Romeis, Detlef Bartsch, Franz Bigler, Marco P Candolfi, Marco M C Gielkens, Susan E Hartley, Richard L Hellmich, Joseph E Huesing, Paul C Jepson, Raymond Layton, Hector Quemada, Alan Raybould, Robyn I Rose, Joachim Schiemann, Mark K Sears, Anthony M Shelton, Jeremy Sweet, Zigfridas Vaituzis & Jeffrey D Wolt

doi:10.1038/nbt1381

Abstract - Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to nontarget arthropods | Full Text - Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to nontarget arthropods | PDF (298 KB) - Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to nontarget arthropods | Supplementary information

Insect resistance to Bt crops: evidence versus theory - pp199 - 202

Bruce E Tabashnik, Aaron J Gassmann, David W Crowder & Yves Carriére

doi:10.1038/nbt1382

Abstract - Insect resistance to : Bt: crops: evidence versus theory | Full Text - Insect resistance to Bt crops: evidence versus theory | PDF (250 KB) - Insect resistance to Bt crops: evidence versus theory | Supplementary information

Switching constant domains enhances agonist activities of antibodies to a thrombopoietin receptor - pp209 - 211

Masayuki Kai, Kazuhiro Motoki, Hideaki Yoshida, Chie Emuta, Yukiko Chisaka, Kumi Tsuruhata, Chisato Endo, Mari Muto, Munetake Shimabe, Uichi Nishiyama, Tetsuya Hagiwara, Atsushi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyazaki & Shiro Kataoka

doi:10.1038/nbt1376

First Paragraph - Switching constant domains enhances agonist activities of antibodies to a thrombopoietin receptor | Full Text - Switching constant domains enhances agonist activities of antibodies to a thrombopoietin receptor | PDF (180 KB) - Switching constant domains enhances agonist activities of antibodies to a thrombopoietin receptor | Supplementary information

Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos - pp212 - 214

Paul H Lerou, Akiko Yabuuchi, Hongguang Huo, Ayumu Takeuchi, Jessica Shea, Tina Cimini, Tan A Ince, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Catherine Racowsky & George Q Daley

doi:10.1038/nbt1378

First Paragraph - Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos | Full Text - Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos | PDF (314 KB) - Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos | Supplementary information

Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells - pp215 - 224

Fumitaka Osakada, Hanako Ikeda, Michiko Mandai, Takafumi Wataya, Kiichi Watanabe, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Akinori Akaike, Yoshiki Sasai & Masayo Takahashi

doi:10.1038/nbt1384

Abstract - Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells | Full Text - Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells | PDF (1,099 KB) - Toward the generation of rod and cone photoreceptors from mouse, monkey and human embryonic stem cells | Supplementary information

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Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection - pp225 - 233

TuAnh Nguyen, Keishi Ishida, Holger Jenke-Kodama, Elke Dittmann, Cristian Gurgui, Thomas Hochmuth, Stefan Taudien, Matthias Platzer, Christian Hertweck & Jörn Piel

doi:10.1038/nbt1379

Abstract - Exploiting the mosaic structure of : trans: -acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection | Full Text - Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection | PDF (399 KB) - Exploiting the mosaic structure of trans-acyltransferase polyketide synthases for natural product discovery and pathway dissection | Supplementary information

Fluorogen-activating single-chain antibodies for imaging cell surface proteins - pp235 - 240

Christopher Szent-Gyorgyi, Brigitte F Schmidt, Yehuda Creeger, Gregory W Fisher, Kelly L Zakel, Sally Adler, James A J Fitzpatrick, Carol A Woolford, Qi Yan, Kalin V Vasilev, Peter B Berget, Marcel P Bruchez, Jonathan W Jarvik & Alan Waggoner

doi:10.1038/nbt1368

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Can China's supply of scientific talent keep up with demand? - pp243 - 244

Grace Wong

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-243

Abstract - Can China's supply of scientific talent keep up with demand? | Full Text - Can China's supply of scientific talent keep up with demand? | PDF (135 KB) - Can China's supply of scientific talent keep up with demand?

People - p246

doi:10.1038/nbt0208-246

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