Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

431	In this issue

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EDITORIAL

433	Awards and rewards
	P. Balaram

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CORRESPONDENCE

435	Why should non-residents pay more conference fees?
	D. Balasubramanian
435	Science, history and the dissemination of knowledge
	Venkatesh Narayanan
436	Science education: Some comments and observations
	Dipak K. Mandal
437	Ailing Indian science and academic leadership
	D. P. Gupta
437	Indian politeness is a dressing gown for dishonesty
	R. N. Singh

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NEWS

438	India strikes gold!
	N. Sathyamurthy
439	The Indian Academy of Sciences holds its Twelfth  Mid-Year Meeting
	Nirupa Sen
441	Biomolecular studies using neutrons and X-rays
	M. V. Hosur and P. S. Goyal
442	Molecular modalities in the manipulation of insect  natural enemies: Role of biosemiotics
	T. N. Ananthakrishnan
443	Manufacturing and material processing based on  plasma technologies

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RESEARCH NEWS

443	A paradigm shift in the electrowinning of metals
	P. Rodriguez and K. S. Mohandas

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COMMENTARY

445	Taxonomic entomology: Research and education in  India
	T. C. Narendran

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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

448	Asymmetric thermodynamic structure of monsoon depression revealed in microwave satellite data
	M. Rajeevan, D. S. Pai and M. R. Das

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GENERAL ARTICLE

451	Towards nitrogen autotrophic rice
	V. V. Shenoy, G. M. Kalagudi and B. V. Gurudatta

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REVIEW ARTICLE

458	Protein interaction maps using yeast two-hybrid assay
	Shayantani Mukherjee, Sampali Bal and Partha Saha

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SPECIAL SECTION: CANCER

465	Global variation in cancer incidence and mortality
	Perin N. Notani
475	The public health impact of tobacco
	Prakash C. Gupta
482	Genetic predisposition to cancer
	K. M. Mohandas
490	Aneuploidy versus gene mutation as cause of cancer
	Peter Duesberg, Reinhard Stindl, Ruhong Li,  Ruediger Hehlmann and David Rasnick
501	Genomic instability in cancer
	Garth R. Anderson
508	Cancer genes
	Surekha M. Zingde
515	Cell cycle control and cancer
	Michelle D. Garrett
523	Viruses in human cancers
	Harald zur Hausen
528	Retroviruses and cancer
	Robin A. Weiss
535	Growth factors and growth factor receptors in cancer
	T. Rajkumar
542	The immune system and cancer
	S. V. Chiplunkar
549	Cancer drug development in the post-genomic age
	Karol Sikora
555	Gene therapy for cancer
	Rita Mulherkar
561	Clinical trials in cancer
	R. A. Badwe
566	Psychosocial issues in cancer
	Maggie Watson

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

571	Lipid bilayer–methotrexate interactions: A basis for methotrexate neurotoxicity
	K. Uma Maheswari
574	Genome-wide expression profile of RNA polymerase II  subunit mutant of yeast using microarray technology
	Beena Pillai, Samir K. Brahmachari and Parag P. Sadhale
579	Assessment of germinability, productivity and cost  benefit analysis of Picrorhiza kurrooa cultivated at  lower altitudes
	B. P. Nautiyal, Vinay Prakash, R. S. Chauhan,  Harish Purohit and M. C. Nautiyal
586	Impact of bark removal on survival of Taxus baccata L. (Himalayan yew) in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve,  Garhwal Himalaya, India
	Aditya Purohit, R. K. Maikhuri, K. S. Rao and  S. Nautiyal
591	Induction and mass sporulation in lignin degrading  fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora for its potential  usage in pulp and paper industry
	R. K. Saxena, L. Sangeetha, Ashima Vohra, Rani Gupta  and Ruchi Gulati
594	Late Quaternary changes in sea level and  sedimentation rate along the SW coast of India:  Evidence from radiocarbon dates
	K. Pandarinath, R. Shankar and M. G. Yadava
600	Seismically-induced soft-sediment deformational  structures around Khalsar in the Shyok Valley,  northern Ladakh and eastern Karakoram, India
	Rajeev Upadhyay

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BOOK REVIEWS

605	Wavelet Analysis: The Scalable Structure of  Information
	reviewed by Vikram M. Gadre
605	The Web of Knowledge: A Festschrift in Honor of  Eugene Garfield
	reviewed by A. Ratnakar

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HISTORICAL NOTES

608	Why did Daulat Singh Kothari not become a Fellow  of the Royal Society?
	Rajinder Singh

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PERSONALNEWS

610	K. G. Adiyodi
	T. Subramoniam

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ADVERTISEMENTS

612	Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, Pune
613	Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
614	Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
614	Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai
615	Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Visakhapatnam
615	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Centre for Environment,  Hyderabad
616	Sharanabasaveshwar College of Science, Gulbarga
616	PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
616	International Conference on ‘Stabilization of Enzymes’ and ‘Biosensors’, Chennai