●Chemokine receptors: signposts to brain development and disease. Tran, P. B. & Miller, R. J. Nature Reviews Neuroscience June (2003)

●Therapeutic vaccines against HIV need international partnerships. Autran, B., Debré, P., Walker, B. & Katlama, C. Nature Reviews Immunology June (2003)

●Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression. Dykxhoorn, D. M., Novina, C. D. & Sharp, P. A. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology June (2003)

●Special focus: Microbial genetics.Nature Reviews Genetics June (2003)

●Genetic strategies to discover antibacterial drugs. Miesel, L., Greene, J. & Black, T. A.

●Exploiting genomics, genetics and chemistry to combat antibiotic resistance. Hughes, D.

●Sequence-based cancer genomics — progress, lessons and opportunities. Strausberg, R. L., Simpson, A. J. G. & Wooster, R. Nature Reviews Genetics June (2003) Efforts are underway to establish public databases that catalogue alterations in the cancer genome and its expression.

●Relative pathogenic values. Parkhill, J. & Berry, C. Nature 1 May (2003) This News and Views article discusses a new comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Bacillus anthracis — the bacterium that causes anthrax — and several of its close relatives.

●Transcriptional analysis of targets in multiple sclerosis. Steinman, L. & Zamvil, S. Nature Reviews Immunology June (2003)

●Bugging the bugs. Moore, A. EMBO Reports April (2003) This Analysis article discusses how genomics and proteomics might provide new ways of combating pathogenic bacteria.

●Designer proteins in biotechnology. Lilie, H. EMBO Reports April (2003) A report from the 86th International Titisee Conference.

●Special focus: Angiogenesis. Nature Reviews Cancer June (2003)

●The pathogenesis of cancer metastasis: the seed and soil hypothesis revisited. Fidler, I. J.

●Tumorigenesis and the angiogenic switch. Bergers, G. & Benjamin, L. E.