This Week in Science

Editor summaries of this week's papers.
Science 20 September 2002: 1953.
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Editorial:
Harmful Moratorium on Stem Cell Research

Janet D. Rowley, Elizabeth Blackburn, Michael S. Gazzaniga, and Daniel W. Foster
Science 20 September 2002: 1957.
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Editors' Choice

Highlights of the recent literature.
Science 20 September 2002: 1959.
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NetWatch

Best of the Web in science.
Science 20 September 2002: 1963.
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 NEW PRODUCTS

Science 20 September 2002: 2079-2081.

News of the Week

SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION:
France, Italy Threaten to Rain on Parade of Missions to Mars

Andrew Lawler
Science 20 September 2002: 1972-1973.
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CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY:
Select T Cells, Given Space, Shrink Tumors

Jennifer Couzin
Science 20 September 2002: 1973.
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BIOTERRORISM:
NAS Censors Report on Agriculture Threats

Jeffrey Mervis and Erik Stokstad
Science 20 September 2002: 1973-1975.
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PAIN RESEARCH:
Enzyme Might Relieve Research Headache

Ingrid Wickelgren
Science 20 September 2002: 1976.
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UNITED NATIONS:
Bush Brings U.S. Back to UNESCO

John Bohannon
Science 20 September 2002: 1976.
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FUSION RESEARCH:
Energy Panel Asks U.S. to Rejoin ITER

Charles Seife
Science 20 September 2002: 1977.
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SPACE STATION:
NASA Plans Expansion, New Research Agenda

Andrew Lawler
Science 20 September 2002: 1977-1978.
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ASTRONOMY:
Hubble Successor Finds Builder and New Name

Govert Schilling
Science 20 September 2002: 1978-1979.
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ASTROPHYSICS:
Orbiting Scopes Shoot 'Movie' of Crab Nebula

Robert Irion
Science 20 September 2002: 1979.
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PHYSICS:
CERN Team Produces Antimatter in Bulk

Charles Seife
Science 20 September 2002: 1979-1981.
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PALEONTOLOGY:
China Issues Rules on Fossil Excavation

Yimin Ding and Xiong Lei
Science 20 September 2002: 1981.
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ScienceScope

Science 20 September 2002: 1975.
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Random Samples

Science 20 September 2002: 1991.
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News Focus

GENOMICS:
After the Gold Rush: Gene Firms Reinvent Themselves

Trisha Gura
Science 20 September 2002: 1982-1984.
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COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY:
Recharged Field's Rallying Cry: Gene Chips for All Organisms

Elizabeth Pennisi
Science 20 September 2002: 1985-1987.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE:
West Nile's Surprisingly Swift Continental Sweep

Martin Enserink
Science 20 September 2002: 1988-1989.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE:
Bird Advocates Fear That West Nile Virus Could Silence the Spring

David Malakoff
Science 20 September 2002: 1989.
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Letters

This Week's Letters

Science 20 September 2002: 1993.
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 Side Effects of Oceanic Iron Fertilization

Mark G. Lawrence
Science 20 September 2002: 1993.
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 Critical Challenges for Sustainability Science

Rob Swart, Paul Raskin, John Robinson;, Robert Kates, and William C. Clark
Science 20 September 2002: 1994-1995.
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 Does the Sun Know What Day It Is?

Dave Pilgrim
Science 20 September 2002: 1995.
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 Making a Case for Conservation

Sidney K. Pierce; and Donald Kennedy
Science 20 September 2002: 1995-1996.
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 CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Science 20 September 2002: 1996.
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Books et al.

HISTORY OF SCIENCE:
Biomolecules and the Bomb

Nicolas Rasmussen
Science 20 September 2002: 2000-2001.
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SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE:
A Star to Sail Her By

James Austin
Science 20 September 2002: 2001.
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 Books Received

Science 20 September 2002: 2001.

Policy Forum

NUCLEAR SAFETY:
Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist Targets

Douglas M. Chapin, Karl P. Cohen, W. Kenneth Davis, Edwin E. Kintner, Leonard J. Koch, John W. Landis, Milton Levenson, I. Harry Mandil, Zack T. Pate, Theodore Rockwell, Alan Schriesheim, John W. Simpson, Alexander Squire, Chauncey Starr, Henry E. Stone, John J. Taylor, Neil E. Todreas, Bertram Wolfe, and Edwin L. Zebroski
Science 20 September 2002: 1997-1999.
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Perspectives

DNA EVENTS:
An RNA Microcosm

David Baulcombe
Science 20 September 2002: 2002-2003.
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SURFACE CHEMISTRY:
Oxidation of Metal Surfaces

H. Over and A. P. Seitsonen
Science 20 September 2002: 2003-2005.
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CHEMISTRY:
Polymers Without Beginning or End

Tom McLeish
Science 20 September 2002: 2005-2006.
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IMMUNOLOGY:
Autoreactive B Cells Migrate into T Cell Territory

Yang-Xin Fu and Ursula Storb
Science 20 September 2002: 2006-2008.
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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION:
Sex Differences in Mortality Rate

Ian P. F. Owens
Science 20 September 2002: 2008-2009.
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ECOLOGY:
Enhanced: Quaternary Refugia and Persistence of Biodiversity

Pierre Taberlet and Rachid Cheddadi
Science 20 September 2002: 2009-2010.
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Tech.Sight

BIOSENSORS:
Broadband Biodetection: Holmes on a Chip

Phil McFadden
Science 20 September 2002: 2075-2076.
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Brevia

 BLM Heterozygosity and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Stephen B. Gruber, Nathan A. Ellis, Gad Rennert, Kenneth Offit, Karen K. Scott, Ronit Almog, Prema Kolachana, Joseph D. Bonner, Tomas Kirchhoff, Lynn P. Tomsho, Khedoudja Nafa, Heather Pierce, Marcelo Low, Jaya Satagopan, Hedy Rennert, Helen Huang, Joel K. Greenson, Joanna Groden, Beth Rapaport, Jinru Shia, Stephen Johnson, Peter K. Gregersen, Curtis C. Harris, and Jeff Boyd
Science 20 September 2002: 2013.
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Research Articles

Parasites as a Viability Cost of Sexual Selection in Natural Populations of Mammals

Sarah L. Moore and Kenneth Wilson
Science 20 September 2002: 2015-2018.
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Nucleotide Control of Interdomain Interactions in the Conformational Reaction Cycle of SecA

John F. Hunt, Sevil Weinkauf, Lisa Henry, John J. Fak, Paul McNicholas, Donald B. Oliver, and Johann Deisenhofer
Science 20 September 2002: 2018-2026.
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Reports

Physical One-Way Functions

Ravikanth Pappu, Ben Recht, Jason Taylor, and Neil Gershenfeld
Science 20 September 2002: 2026-2030.
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Quantum Solvation of Carbonyl Sulfide with Helium Atoms

Jian Tang, Yunjie Xu, A. R. W. McKellar, and Wolfgang Jäger
Science 20 September 2002: 2030-2033.
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Autocatalytic Oxidation of Lead Crystallite Surfaces

Konrad Thürmer, Ellen Williams, and Janice Reutt-Robey
Science 20 September 2002: 2033-2035.
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Climate-Driven Bedrock Incision in an Active Mountain Belt

Karen Hartshorn, Niels Hovius, W. Brian Dade, and Rudy L. Slingerland
Science 20 September 2002: 2036-2038.
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Uplift in the Fiordland Region, New Zealand: Implications for Incipient Subduction

M. A. House, M. Gurnis, P. J. J. Kamp, and R. Sutherland
Science 20 September 2002: 2038-2041.
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An "Endless" Route to Cyclic Polymers

Christopher W. Bielawski, Diego Benitez, and Robert H. Grubbs
Science 20 September 2002: 2041-2044.
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Buffered Tree Population Changes in a Quaternary Refugium: Evolutionary Implications

P. C. Tzedakis, I. T. Lawson, M. R. Frogley, G. M. Hewitt, and R. C. Preece
Science 20 September 2002: 2044-2047.
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Macrophage Apoptosis by Anthrax Lethal Factor Through p38 MAP Kinase Inhibition

Jin Mo Park, Florian R. Greten, Zhi-Wei Li, and Michael Karin
Science 20 September 2002: 2048-2051.
Published online 29 August 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1073163] (in Science Express Reports)
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Enhanced Tumor Formation in Mice Heterozygous for Blm Mutation

Kathleen Heppner Goss, Mary A. Risinger, Jennifer J. Kordich, Maureen M. Sanz, Joel E. Straughen, Lisa E. Slovek, Anthony J. Capobianco, James German, Gregory P. Boivin, and Joanna Groden
Science 20 September 2002: 2051-2053.
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Cleavage of Scarecrow-like mRNA Targets Directed by a Class of Arabidopsis miRNA

Cesar Llave, Zhixin Xie, Kristin D. Kasschau, and James C. Carrington
Science 20 September 2002: 2053-2056.
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A microRNA in a Multiple-Turnover RNAi Enzyme Complex

György Hutvágner and Phillip D. Zamore
Science 20 September 2002: 2056-2060.
Published online 1 August 2002 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1073827] (in Science Express Reports)
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A Role for CD40 Expression on CD8⁺ T Cells in the Generation of CD8⁺ T Cell Memory

Christine Bourgeois, Benedita Rocha, and Corinne Tanchot
Science 20 September 2002: 2060-2063.
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Critical Role for STAT4 Activation by Type 1 Interferons in the Interferon- Response to Viral Infection

Khuong B. Nguyen, Wendy T. Watford, Rachelle Salomon, Sigrun R. Hofmann, Gary C. Pien, Akio Morinobu, Massimo Gadina, John J. O'Shea, and Christine A. Biron
Science 20 September 2002: 2063-2066.
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Evolution of Autoantibody Responses via Somatic Hypermutation Outside of Germinal Centers

Jacqueline William, Chad Euler, Sean Christensen, and Mark J. Shlomchik
Science 20 September 2002: 2066-2070.
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Coordinated Reactivation of Distributed Memory Traces in Primate Neocortex

K. L. Hoffman and B. L. McNaughton
Science 20 September 2002: 2070-2073.
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