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Science, New Series, Vol. 279, No. 5348, Jan. 9, 1998


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Front Matter (22 pp.)
Editorial: Bioethics and Local Circumstances, p. 155
Edward Mbidde


Letters
EMBL's Outward Expansion, pp. 155+157
Julio E. Celis
Gene Technology and Democracy, p. 157
Franco Cavalli; Howard Olson
FDA "Reform"?, pp. 157-159
Stephen M. Feinstone; Andrew M. Lewis Jr.; Lewis J. Markoff; Kathryn Carbone; Hana Golding; Henry I. Miller
Thumbs Down on Acupuncture, p. 159
Arthur Taub
Drug Abuse and Therapy, pp. 159-161
Brian A. McMillen; Charles P. O'Brien
Ancient Sharks and Rays, p. 161
J. Mark Erickson; John W. Hoganson; Alan M. Cvancara; F. D. Holland Jr.


Corrections and Clarifications: Conversation with the Community: AAAS at the Milennium, p. 161
ScienceScope, p. 165
Andrew Lawler


News
Healer Needed for World Health Body, pp. 166-169
Michael Balter
Hunting Down the Last of the Poliovirus, p. 168
Lisa Schlein
Physicists Dream of a Muon Shot, pp. 169-170
Alexander Hellemans
Far-Off Planet Makes a Comeback, p. 170
James Glanz
Gene-War Veteran Seeks New Roles for Granting Agency, p. 171
Robert Koenig
Management Dispute Shutters Tropical Research Institute, pp. 172-173
Jeffrey Mervis
Bill Offers Abundant Harvest for USDA, p. 173
Jocelyn Kaiser
Possible New Cause of Alzheimer's Disease Found, p. 174
Gretchen Vogel
Pathfinder Tells a Geologic Tale With One Starring Role, p. 175
Richard A. Kerr
Structure of Key Cytoskeletal Protein Tubulin Revealed, pp. 176-177
Elizabeth Pennisi
Immortality Gene Discovered, p. 177
David Ehrenstein


Special News Report
Scientists Who Fund Themselves, pp. 178-181
Jon Cohen


Random Samples, p. 183
Constance Holden


Science's Compass


Policy
The Highest Attainable Standard: Ethical Issues in AIDS Vaccines, pp. 186-188
Barry R. Bloom


Books
Thawing Science, p. 189
Review author[s]: Alexei Kojevnikov


Research
Self-Trapping of Electrons at Surfaces, pp. 190-191
Ulrich Höfer
Calcium Signaling: Up, Down, Up, Down.... What's the Point?, pp. 191-192
James W. Putney Jr.
Opening the Window to Odor Space, p. 193
Randall R. Reed


Review
Activation of Unimolecular Reactions by Ambient Blackbody Radiation, pp. 194-197
R. C. Dunbar; T. B. McMahon


Reports
Engineering Broader Specificity into an Antibiotic-Producing Polyketide Synthase, pp. 199-202
Andrew F. A. Marsden; Barrie Wilkinson; Jesús Cortés; Nicholas J. Dunster; James Staunton; Peter F. Leadlay
Femtosecond Dynamics of Electron Localization at Interfaces, pp. 202-205
N.-H. Ge; C. M. Wong; R. L. Lingle Jr.; J. D. McNeill; K. J. Gaffney; C. B. Harris
Photonic Channels for Quantum Communication, pp. 205-208
S. J. van Enk; J. I. Cirac; P. Zoller
A Laser Ablation Method for the Synthesis of Crystalline Semiconductor Nanowires, pp. 208-211
Alfredo M. Morales; Charles M. Lieber
Evidence for New Sources of NOx in the Lower Atmosphere, pp. 211-213
Edward C. Zipf; Sheo S. Prasad
Sensitivity of Boreal Forest Carbon Balance to Soil Thaw, pp. 214-217
M. L. Goulden; S. C. Wofsy; J. W. Harden; S. E. Trumbore; P. M. Crill; S. T. Gower; T. Fries; B. C. Daube; S.-M. Fan; D. J. Sutton; A. Bazzaz; J. W. Munger
Evidence of Shallow Fault Zone Strengthening After the 1992 M7.5 Landers, California, Earthquake, pp. 217-219
Yong-Gang Li; John E. Vidale; Keiiti Aki; Fei Xu; Thomas Burdette
Asymmetry of Chimpanzee Planum Temporale: Humanlike Pattern of Wernicke's Brain Language Area Homolog, pp. 220-222
Patrick J. Gannon; Ralph L. Holloway; Douglas C. Broadfield; Allen R. Braun
Stabilization of Dendritic Arbor Structure in Vivo by CaMKII, pp. 222-226
Gang-Yi Wu; Hollis T. Cline
Sensitivity of CaM Kinase II to the Frequency of Ca 2+ Oscillations, pp. 227-230
Paul De Koninck; Howard Schulman
Requirement for DCP-1 Caspase During Drosophila Oogenesis, pp. 230-234
Kimberly McCall; Hermann Steller
Activation of the Cardiac Calcium Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) by Poly-S-Nitrosylation, pp. 234-237
Le Xu; Jerry P. Eu; Gerhard Meissner; Jonathan S. Stamler
Functional Expression of a Mammalian Odorant Receptor, pp. 237-242
Haiqing Zhao; Lidija Ivic; Joji M. Otaki; Mitsuhiro Hashimoto; Katsuhiro Mikoshiba; Stuart Firestein
Frameshift Mutants of β Amyloid Precursor Protein and Ubiquitin-B in Alzheimer's and Down Patients, pp. 242-247
Fred W. van Leeuwen; Dominique P. V. de Kleijn; Helma H. van den Hurk; Andrea Neubauer; Marc A. F. Sonnemans; Jacqueline A. Sluijs; Soner Köycü; Ravindra D. J. Ramdjielal; Ahmad Salehi; Gerard J. M. Martens; Frank G. Grosveld; J. Peter H. Burbach; Elly M. Hol


Back Matter (41 pp.)

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