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That the Republican National Committee has had a hand in choosing members of a scientific advisory committee of the US Department of the Interior threatens the effectiveness of the administration.
As hopes recede that traditional means of controlling malaria will succeed, the promise and problems, both scientific and political, of malaria vaccines are coming into focus.