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The development of vaccines is one of the most successful practical applications in immunology and in this field it is currently fashionable to make the reductionist claim that it will soon be possible to design effective synthetic vaccines on the basis of our knowledge of the molecules involved in immunological interactions. It seems to me that this claim arises from an unwarranted faith in the power of a reductionist approach for solving complex biological problems. Such a claim does not take into account that the protection against disease that can be achieved by vaccination is a... 

Colter. R.J. Designing Thnc-of-Flight Insirtanenis la Sofrc Biological Problems. Pillcon. Pittsburgh, PA, I March I992>. 

The application of organic chemistry to biological chemistry is emphasized within the text, in the Focus On Biological Chemistry boxes, and within problems designated with the BioLink icon. 

The applications of the chemistry of amino acids to the biological problem, protein structure and function, and folding and stability are the main focus of this article. The article is divided into hve main sections that include the biological insights on protein structures, chemical applications including protein functions, thermodynamics of proteins, protein interactions, and computational protein design. 

The interpretation of the results of even the best designed carcinogenesis bioassay is a complex statistical and biological problem. In addressing the statistical aspects, some biological points which have statistical implications need to be reviewed as one proceeds. 

P. A. Bartlett, G. T. Shea, S. J. Teller, and S. Waterman, in Molecular Recognition Chemical and Biological Problems, S. M. Roberts, S. B. Ley, and M. M. Campbell, Eds., Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 1989, pp. 182—196. CAVEAT A Program to Facilitate the Structure-Derived Design of Biologically Active Molecules. 

Only the availability of inhibitors and the assays that can be designed around them limit the future use of small molecule inhibitors to address biological questions. Currently, only a small fraction of the proteome can be targeted by small molecules. As new inhibitors are identified, small molecule-based strategies will be applicable to an increasing range of biological problems. 

This text has been designed to provide you with a working knowledge of infrared spectroscopy and how to apply this technique to a wide range of biological problems. 

Adjunct Professor of Physics at Utah State University. After completing her M. A. in Physics and PhD. in Biophysics at Harvard University, she became a member of the technical staff at AT T Bell Laboratories. She joined the USU faculty in 1988. She has a broad scope of expertise from biochemistry to electrical engineering, and has considerable experience in heme protein catalysis, structural biology, and the design and construction of optical and X-ray instrumentation. She was a pioneer the use of X-ray absorption spectroscopy for the investigation of biological problems and has authored more than 100 technical publications in refereed journals and books. 

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