• Bringing food issues to the table

  ANALYSIS: At the BioVision 2008 conference in Egypt, delegates have called for life sciences to be deployed in the global fight against hunger, writes Mary Fitzgerald, Foreign Affairs Correspondent . p
  

• A great age for genetic studies

  The department of genetics in Trinity College Dublin will celebrate its 50th birthday with a big reunion party, writes Dick Ahlstrom . p
  

• A knowledgeable ally in the battle against bugs

  OUR BODIES WAGE constant warfare against an invading host of bacteria, viruses and fungi. Most are defeated but a few slip through to cause illnesses. p
  

• The tiny problem with embryonic stem cell research

  UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: There are biological reasons for extending the protection of the embryo back to the point of conception, writes William Reville . p
  

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