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Editorial

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 16, 677 (1 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nsmb0709-677

Welcoming the best and the brightest from everywhere

How many times have you heard complaints from colleagues or meeting organizers about researchers who, in trying to obtain or renew visas, have dealt with exceedingly long delays, in some cases as long as several months? As a result, some scientists who left the United States to renew a visa have been left stranded, whereas others have been unable to travel to the United States for work or to attend scientific meetings. This situation now looks as though it will improve, according to the US State Department.