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    After the genome comes the proteome. Potter Wickware and Paul Smaglik describe how old-established protein identification techniques such as gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and chromatography are being automated, updated and adapted to deal with the mammoth task of identifying the thousands of proteins produced by an organism and understanding how they interact with each other.

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    The computer is now ubiquitous in today's biology labs. Bioinformatics — the development and application of computational tools to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyse and visualize biological data — is one of biology's fastest-growing technologies, as Marina Chicurel finds out.

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    Screening vast numbers of chemical compounds to find the small handful that 05 become tomorrow's new drugs is one of the first steps in the long journey from pharmaceutical laboratory to clinic. This technology feature looks at how the drug-discovery industry is rising to the challenge of making their screening assays faster, more effective and less expensive.

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    DNA microarrays that can detect the presence or the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously are a key tool in the interpretation of the mass of genetic information coming out of the genome sequencing programmes. Diane Gershon looks at how this technology is becoming easier to use, cheaper and more accessible, and at some of the problems in standardizing and storing microarray data.

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    Recent events have confirmed that bioterrorism is no longer a threat but a reality. To provide wide-ranging access to the latest scientific information about anthrax and other potential bioweapons, Naturepresents research, news and features from our archive.