This Week in Science

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Science 13 June 1997: 1621.
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Editorial:
FDA Under Siege: The Public at Risk

David Korn
Science 13 June 1997: 1627.
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 Products & Materials

Science 13 June 1997: 1729-1730.

News and Comment

ENDANGERED SPECIES:
When a Habitat Is Not a Home

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 13 June 1997: 1636-1638.
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FRANCE:
Allègre Reenergizes Research Ministry

Michael Balter
Science 13 June 1997: 1638.
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RUSSIA:
Science Agency Hit With 55% Cut

Andrey Allakhverdov and Vladimir Pokrovsky
Science 13 June 1997: 1639.
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INTERNET INITIATIVE:
A Networking Plan for the Rich States?

Jeffrey Mervis
Science 13 June 1997: 1639-1640.
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BIOMEDICAL ETHICS:
Clinton Urges Outlawing Human Cloning

Eliot Marshall
Science 13 June 1997: 1640.
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SPACE SCIENCE:
Europe Tries 'Fast and Cheap' Missions

Alexander Hellemans
Science 13 June 1997: 1641.
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UNITED KINGDOM:
Observatory's Fate Hangs in Balance

Nigel Williams
Science 13 June 1997: 1641.
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JAPAN BUDGET
Deficit Reduction Nicks Science Funding

Jocelyn Kaiser
Science 13 June 1997: 1642.
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SCHOOL PERFORMANCE:
U.S. Kids Score Well in Primary Grades

Gretchen Vogel
Science 13 June 1997: 1642.
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ScienceScope

Science 13 June 1997: 1635.
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Random Samples

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Research News

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:
New Clues to Asthma Therapies

Gretchen Vogel
Science 13 June 1997: 1643-1646.
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BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH:
Why the Rise in Asthma Cases?

Gretchen Vogel
Science 13 June 1997: 1645.
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IMMUNOLOGY:
New Lead to Safer Marrow Transplants

Ingrid Wickelgren
Science 13 June 1997: 1646.
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY:
The Origin of Dogs: Running With the Wolves

Virginia Morell
Science 13 June 1997: 1647-1648.
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MEETING BRIEFS:
From Clouds to Cores at the Spring Geophysics-Fest

Richard A. Kerr
Science 13 June 1997: 1648-1649.
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Letters

Hard questions

Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 "Misleading" Molecules?

David P. Mindell
Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 Treating AIDS Dementia

Stuart A. Lipton;, Winston Cavert, and Ashley T. Haase
Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 Testing the Power of Prayer

Brian M. Cox;, Thomas J. Crowley;, and James Kling
Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 Consumption and Sustainable Development

Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz;, and Robert Alcock
Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 Metabolic Rates

Charles C. Peterson
Science 13 June 1997: 1629-1632.
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 Corrections and Clarifications

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Books et al.

The Worm Returns

Robert K. Herman
Science 13 June 1997: 1656.
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Ichthyology Transformed

Richard H. Rosenblatt
Science 13 June 1997: 1657.
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Browsings

Science 13 June 1997: 1657.
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Policy Forum

Do Habitat Conservation Plans Protect Endangered Species?

Fraser Shilling
Science 13 June 1997: 1662-1663.
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Perspectives

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY:
Enhanced: Evolutionary Chemistry: Getting There
from Here

Gerald F. Joyce
Science 13 June 1997: 1658-1659.
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Mariner Sails into Leishmania

Daniel L. Hartl
Science 13 June 1997: 1659-1660.
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CHEMISTRY:
Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics in Molecular Cluster Ions

Robert Parson and James Faeder
Science 13 June 1997: 1660-1661.
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Research Article

Structural Insights into the Evolution of an Antibody Combining Site

Gary J. Wedemayer, Phillip A. Patten, Leo H. Wang, Peter G. Schultz, and Raymond C. Stevens
Science 13 June 1997: 1665-1669.
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Reports

A Disk of Scattered Icy Objects and the Origin of Jupiter-Family Comets

Martin J. Duncan and Harold F. Levison
Science 13 June 1997: 1670-1672.
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Paleobotanical Evidence for High Altitudes in Nevada During the Miocene

Jack A. Wolfe, Howard E. Schorn, Chris E. Forest, and Peter Molnar
Science 13 June 1997: 1672-1675.
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Photodissociation of I₂(Ar)_n Clusters Studied with Anion Femtosecond Photoelectron Spectroscopy

B. Jefferys Greenblatt, Martin T. Zanni, and Daniel M. Neumark
Science 13 June 1997: 1675-1678.
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Infrared Spectrum of a Molecular Ice Cube: The S₄ and D_2d Water Octamers in Benzene-(Water)₈

Christopher J. Gruenloh, Joel R. Carney, Caleb A. Arrington, Timothy S. Zwier, Sharon Y. Fredericks, and Kenneth D. Jordan
Science 13 June 1997: 1678-1681.
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Atomic Selectivity in the Chemisorption of ICl (Iodochloride) on Silicon Surfaces

Yong Liu, Denis P. Masson, and Andrew C. Kummel
Science 13 June 1997: 1681-1684.
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Differential Effects of Cytolytic T Cell Subsets on Intracellular Infection

Steffen Stenger, Richard J. Mazzaccaro, Koichi Uyemura, Sungae Cho, Peter F. Barnes, Jean-Pierre Rosat, Alessandro Sette, Michael B. Brenner, Steven A. Porcelli, Barry R. Bloom, and Robert L. Modlin
Science 13 June 1997: 1684-1687.
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Multiple and Ancient Origins of the Domestic Dog

Carles Vilà, Peter Savolainen, Jesús E. Maldonado, Isabel R. Amorim, John E. Rice, Rodney L. Honeycutt, Keith A. Crandall, Joakim Lundeberg, and Robert K. Wayne
Science 13 June 1997: 1687-1689.
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Elementary Calcium-Release Units Induced by Inositol Trisphosphate

John H. Horne and Tobias Meyer
Science 13 June 1997: 1690-1693.
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Shared Motor Error for Multiple Eye Movements

R. J. Krauzlis, M. A. Basso, and R. H. Wurtz
Science 13 June 1997: 1693-1695.
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Peptide Agonist of the Thrombopoietin Receptor as Potent as the Natural Cytokine

Steven E. Cwirla, Palaniappan Balasubramanian, David J. Duffin, Christopher R. Wagstrom, Christian M. Gates, Sara C. Singer, Ann M. Davis, Robert L. Tansik, Larry C. Mattheakis, Chris M. Boytos, Peter J. Schatz, David P. Baccanari, Nicholas C. Wrighton, Ronald W. Barrett, and William J. Dower
Science 13 June 1997: 1696-1699.
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Epilepsy and Exacerbation of Brain Injury in Mice Lacking the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1

Kohichi Tanaka, Kei Watase, Toshiya Manabe, Keiko Yamada, Masahiko Watanabe, Katsunobu Takahashi, Hisayuki Iwama, Toru Nishikawa, Nobutsune Ichihara, Tateki Kikuchi, Shigeru Okuyama, Naoya Kawashima, Seiji Hori, Misato Takimoto, and Keiji Wada
Science 13 June 1997: 1699-1702.
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Osmotic Activation of the HOG MAPK Pathway via Ste11p MAPKKK: Scaffold Role of Pbs2p MAPKK

Francesc Posas and Haruo Saito
Science 13 June 1997: 1702-1705.
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Essential Role of Growth Hormone in Ischemia-Induced Retinal Neovascularization

Lois E. H. Smith, John J. Kopchick, Wen Chen, Joanne Knapp, Fumi Kinose, Douglas Daley, Eliot Foley, Roy G. Smith, and James M. Schaeffer
Science 13 June 1997: 1706-1709.
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Regulation of Mitochondrial Iron Accumulation by Yfh1p, a Putative Homolog of Frataxin

Michael Babcock, Deepika de Silva, Robert Oaks, Sandra Davis-Kaplan, Sarn Jiralerspong, Laura Montermini, Massimo Pandolfo, and Jerry Kaplan
Science 13 June 1997: 1709-1712.
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Bimolecular Exon Ligation by the Human Spliceosome

Karin Anderson and Melissa J. Moore
Science 13 June 1997: 1712-1716.
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Trans-kingdom Transposition of the Drosophila Element mariner Within the Protozoan Leishmania

Frederico J. Gueiros-Filho and Stephen M. Beverley
Science 13 June 1997: 1716-1719.
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HSV-TK Gene Transfer into Donor Lymphocytes for Control of Allogeneic Graft-Versus-Leukemia

Chiara Bonini, Giuliana Ferrari, Simona Verzeletti, Paolo Servida, Elisabetta Zappone, Luciano Ruggieri, Maurilio Ponzoni, Silvano Rossini, Fulvio Mavilio, Catia Traversari, and Claudio Bordignon
Science 13 June 1997: 1719-1724.
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Technical Comments

 Dealing with Database Explosion: A Cautionary Note

Umesh Bhatia, Keith Robison, Walter Gilbert;, Hans-Peter Klenk, Owen White, and J. Craig Venter
Science 13 June 1997: 1724-1725.
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