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ASM's Comments on Proposed Federal Policy on Research Misconduct
Julius Youngner
Input from organizations such as ASM is helping to develop a fair and workable guide to dealing with scientific misconduct

FDA Provides Forum for Biotech Food Policy Proponents, Critics

Pseudomonas Can Thwart the Eye's Multitiered Infection Defenses

Malaria Public Health Burden Expands, Inspires Novel Strategies

Opportunities for Microbiologists

Gene Therapy Clinical Trials Raise Troubling Questions

Toward a Standard System for the Mammalian Cell Cycle [PDF]
Stephen Cooper
If researchers studying mammalian cells took a standardized approach, progress in this field could be accelerated

Catalase--an "Old" Enzyme That Continues To Surprise Us [PDF]
Peter C. Loewen, Martin G. Klotz, and Daniel J. Hassett
The catalases are diverse in structure and play a variety of roles in microbial cells

Archaeal Vision and Bacterial Smelling [PDF]
Wolfgang Marwan and Dieter Oesterhelt
Two-component signalling and fumarate concentrations control the swimming behavior of several distinctive types of microorganisms

Gut Microflora

Ph.D. Career Prospects

The True 1918 Influenza Virus Is Discovered

Helicobacter pylori and Well Water

Probiotic Lactobacilli Implicated in Liver Abscess