●A toast to long life. Finkel, T. Nature 11 September (2003). A News and Views article providing insights into the findings that resveratrol — a plant polyphenol that is abundant in red wine — directly activates Sir2 in yeast, extending its lifespan by ∼70%.

●The first issue of Nature Reviews Microbiology — the definitive information resource for all who share an interest in microbial life — is published this month.

●Coupling cell movement to multicellular development in myxobacteria. Kaiser, D. Nature Reviews Microbiology October (2003).

●From developmental disorder to heritable cancer: it's all in the BMP/TGF-β family. Waite, K. A. & Eng, C. Nature Reviews Genetics October (2003).

●The role of Notch in tumorigenesis: oncogene or tumour suppressor? Radtke, F. & Raj, K. Nature Reviews Cancer October (2003).

●Advances in Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy. van Deutekom, J. C. T. & van Ommen, G.-J. B. Nature Reviews Genetics October (2003).

●Proteomic analysis of cancer-cell mitochondria. Verma, M., Kagan, J., Sidransky, D. & Srivastava, S. Nature Reviews Cancer October (2003).

●Neural crest specification: migrating into genomics. Gammill, L. S. & Bronner-Fraser, M. Nature Reviews Neuroscience October (2003).

●Plasma-cell homing. Kunkel, E. J. & Butcher, E. C. Nature Reviews Immunology October (2003).

●How attraction turns to repulsion. Wilkinson, D. G. Nature Cell Biology October (2003). This News and Views piece discusses two recent studies showing that endocytosis of Eph-receptor–ephrin ligand complexes has a crucial role in contact-mediated repulsion.

●Cranial neural crest and the building of the vertebrate head. Santagati, F. & Rijli, F. M. Nature Reviews Neuroscience October (2003).

●Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a regulator of innate immunity. Calandra, T. & Roger, T. Nature Reviews Immunology October (2003).

●Target discovery. Lindsay, M. A. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery October (2003).