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January, 1999

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Yeasts: Rising Stars in Biotechnology
Bernard Dixon
A recent symposium reveals that these eukaryotes are being used to make everything from human hormones to–of course–wine and beer

New Means for “Helping Serendipity” of Drug Discovery

Promising Outlook for Influenza Inhibitors, Newer Vaccines

Rotavirus Vaccine Success Story

Opioids Appear To Suppress Immune System Responses

Microbial Pht under Study as Alternative Bt-Like Insecticide

Academy Urges Wider Study of Climate-Disease Links [PDF]
Robert Loper
Technical advances reveal influence of weather on infectious diseases and a need to look beyond microbes

Infectious Agents, Hosts in Constant Flux [PDF]
Joshua Lederberg
Evolutionary perspectives are indispensable for studying the dynamics of infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance

Cell Density Sensing in a Eukaryote [PDF]
Richard H. Gomer
Research on Dictyostelium reveals potentially general cell density- and cell number-sensing mechanisms

Nonviable and Nonculturable

The Case for CFU