Possible threats and protection of sensitive research explored at medical meeting.

US facility would include work at frontiers of geobiology

Experts convene at the National Academy of Sciences to discuss restrictions on data access.

Data derived from the Science Watch/Hot Papers database and the Web of Science (ISI, Philadelphia) show that Hot Papers are cited 50 to 100 times more often than the average paper of the same type and age. D.H. Barouch et al., "Control of viremia and prevention of clinical AIDS in rhesus monkeys by cytokine-augmented DNA vaccination," Science, 290:486-92, Oct. 20, 2000. (Cited in 130 papers) J.R. Mascola et al., "Protection of macaques against vaginal transmission of a pathogenic HIV-1/SIV chi

HHS advisors discuss bioterrorism defense and response.

National Academy of Sciences committee considers eliminating and regrouping institutes

US Department of Energy gives $103 million for study of microbial systems biology and bugs that could help environment.

Image: Courtesy of National Sciences Foundation Arabidopsis Plant genomics researchers stand at a crossroads. Behind them are the completed genome sequences of rice1 and the model mustard plant Arabidopsis thaliana.2 Now, armed with insights gained from both plant and animal sequencing projects, plant biologists must decide how to proceed with future sequencing, proteomics, and functional genomics endeavors--and how to allot precious basic research dollars while, at the same time, keeping

US societies and advocacy group lobby to limit research funding granted by new Department of Homeland Security.

President's Council on Bioethics recommends moratorium on therapeutic cloning, ban on reproductive cloning.

A list of the EU's intellectual property directives, including the Database Protection Directive, 96/9/EC, is available online at: www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/docs/index.htm The blessings of an increasingly advanced digital world are many: faster data processing, massive data storage. But with these newfound capabilities come new questions about ownership. Who owns the mountains of data contained in databases--whether stock prices, real estate values, or countless genom

Data derived from the Science Watch/Hot Papers database and the Web of Science (ISI, Philadelphia) show that Hot Papers are cited 50 to 100 times more often than the average paper of the same type and age. In October 2000, a collaboration of American, Japanese, German, and Swedish researchers accomplished a major first: They positionally cloned the gene associated with a common polygenic disorder, namely, type 2 diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).1 Despite this Hot Pap