The public release of the draft mouse genome sequence reopens the debate on the commercial viability of genome sequencing.

Non-rejecting pigs advance xenotransplantation but input from other fields is needed to optimize future progress.

US Senate debates bill aimed at banning both therapeutic and reproductive cloning.

Increased research spending on the agents of bioterrorism could have huge spin offs for the developing world.

Cholesterol lowering drugs could be used to disrupt the cell entry mechanism of many intracellular pathogens.

Agreement enables basic stem cell research to continue but bans diagnostic or therapeutic applications.

A previously overlooked glutamate receptor expands our understanding of the neurological basis of learning and addiction.

But November's presidential election is likely to determine whether US scientists will ever be able to do this work with taxpayer blessings - and money.

As editor of the New England Journal of Medicine for more than a decade, Arnold S. Relman has played a significant role in setting publication standards for scientific journals. He champions the “Ingelfinger rule”promulgated by his predecessor, Franz Ingelfinger, which bars contributors from publicizing their articles before publication in the Journal. He also has strongly supported embargoes that permit reporters to receive advance copies of scientific journals on condition that th

When the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opens in Boston later this week, eight of its scores of sessions will deal with AIDS. That is far more attention than the meeting allocates to any other single topic. Even superconductivity, the glamour kid of science, gets only two. Despite all those days of discussion, judging by the condensed program available in advance of the meeting, the organizers have ignored a critical aspect of AIDS research: the safet

Virologist Purnell W Choppin (pronounced "Sho-pan") took office September 1 as president of Howard Hughes Medical Institute at a time of great ferment. His predecessor, Donald S. Fredrickson, deported after a dispute involving controversial management and spending practices [see THE SCIENTIST, June 1, 1987, p. 2, and June 29, p. 1]. At the some time, as port of its agreement last spring with the Internal Revenue Service, HHMI has agreed to increase its financial awards, by on average of at leas

Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathah, often called the architect of India’s green revolution, has helped to transform his native country from a net food importer to one that today exports and stores its surplus grain. In addition to shaping agricultural development in the Third World, Swaminathan has taken an active interest in rekited issues involving environmental conservation and women’s roles in effecting and adapting to technological change. After receiving his Ph.D. from