Japanese Molecular Biology 1990: An Update

摘要

The report contains a series of summaries of the recent and current work of a number of selected top labs in molecular biology in Japan. Most of the work covered is not only important as basic science, but has important implications for applications. Separate brief discussions are included of the Human Genome Project, of the Human Frontiers Science Program and of some general observations on factors likely to influence the future course of the relative scientific situations in Japan and the U.S. Also presented is a summary of some of the work presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Molecular Biology (November 29 to December 2, 1989) which the author attended during the laboratory visits in Japan.