●Therapeutic potential of venom peptides. Lewis, R. J. & Garcia, M. L. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery October 2003

●NO going back. Sullivan, J. Nature Neuroscience September 2003 A News and Views article on regulation of synaptic vesicle refilling through retrograde signalling by nitric oxide.

●An expanded role for wild-type huntingtin in neuronal transcription. Thompson, L. M. Nature Genetics September 2003 A News and Views article about the importance of huntingtin — the protein that is mutated in Huntington's disease — for the regulation of transcription in neurons.

●Of mice and mentality. Blinkhorn, S. Nature 28 August 2003 In this News and Views article, Blinkhorn discusses evidence for a general learning ability in mice.

●Inaugral issue.Nature Reviews Microbiology October 2003

●Seeing after blindness. Gregory, R. L. Nature Neuroscience September 2003 The case of a man who regained his sight after 40 years of blindness allows researchers to examine the neural and behavioural effects of losing visual experience, as discussed in this News and Views article.

●Glycosylation regulates Notch signalling. Haines, N. & Irvine, K. D. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology October 2003

●Genetic basis of mammalian neurulation. Copp, A. J. et al. Nature Reviews Genetics October 2003

●Can transcription factors function as cell–cell signalling molecules? Prochiantz, A. & Joliot, A. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology October 2003

●Advances in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy gene therapy. van Deutekom, J. C. T. & van Ommen, G.-J. B. Nature Reviews Genetics October 2003

●Cannabinoids: potential anticancer agents. Guzmán, M. Nature Reviews Cancer October 2003

●Cell-death alternative model organisms: why and which. Golstein, P. et al. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology October 2003