●Focus on angiogenesis. The June 2003 issues of Nature Reviews Cancer and Nature Medicine will form a joint Focus on angiogenesis. The print issues of each journal will be accompanied by a Web Focus that will include Reviews, Perspectives, Highlights and links to other NPG angiogenesis-related articles. The content will be freely available at: http://www.nature.com/focus/angiogenesis and will feature the following articles:

●Basement membranes: structural features, assembly, cellular interactions and role in cancer angiogenesis. Kalluri, R.

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

●Melanoma vasculogenic mimicry and tumour cell plasticity. Hendrix, M. J. C., Seftor, E. A., Hess, A. R. & Seftor, R. E. B.

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

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

●Making progress in limb development. Dudley, A. T. & Tabin, C. J. Nature Cell Biology June (2003). This News and Views article provides insight into the connections being made between in vitro biochemistry and in vivo development in the field of limb development, in particular with regard to fibroblast growth factor signalling.

●Patches for wounded muscle. Ellis, J. A. Nature 8 May (2003). This News and Views article details a new component of the mechanism for resealing the holes in cell membranes that arise from stresses and strains.

●Lysosomal cysteine proteases regulate antigen presentation. Honey, K. & Rudensky, A. Y. Nature Reviews Immunology June (2003).

●Extracellular matrix molecules and synaptic plasticity. Dityatev, A. & Schachner, M. Nature Reviews Neuroscience June (2003).

●Focus on microbial genetics.Nature Reviews Genetics June (2003). A special issue and Web Focus that examines classic microbial systems and new genomic tools, among other topics.

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

●The art and design of genetic screens: Escherichia coli. Shuman, H. A. & Silhavy, T. J.

●The future of bacteriophage biology. Campbell, A.