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Proteins that read DNA backwards
Some enzymes transcribe DNA in the 'wrong' direction to create puzzling RNAs.
04 December 2008
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Stem cell society urges action on bogus clinics
Regulators should protect patients by closing centres offering dubious therapies.
03 December 2008
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A speedier test for heparin contamination?
Alternative method is easier and faster, but questions remain over its sensitivity.
03 December 2008
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Special : UN climate change conference, Poznan
World leaders and climate change experts have gathered in Poznan, Poland, to spend the next two weeks negotiating a new climate agreement that will replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Nature will be following the action as it happens, reporting on whether the mood of optimism before the meeting will build on progress from last year's climate talks in Bali.
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