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This book gathers together written versions of the oral presentations and abstracts for the plethora of poster presentations which formed the meeting contents at the Eighth SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research Symposium, held at Robinson College, Cambridge in March 1997. Electron microscopy methods and protocols. Edited by M. A. Nasser Hajibagheri. Totowa, NJ, USA: Humana Press, 1999. Pp. xi + 283 (paper). Price US $89.50. ISBN 0-89603-640-5.