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Britain's forthcoming election will not solve the problems that matter most, notably the incorrigible waywardness of British governments between their occasional encounters with their electorate.
Scientists have for too long been faced with a polarized debate concerning the ethics of animal experiments. An ethical ideal and a practical scoring system would be valuable for the moderate majority
New products for molecular biologists include software for microsatellite analysis, a kit for the direct labelling of Fab', IgG or other proteins and molecules, and chromosome paints for the identification of individual human chromosomes.