Highlights
Physiology
Unraveling the web
Attacking undesirable veins and arteries could fight cancer and blindness
COOPERATION
Network building
Reasons for the lack of growth in Brazilian research in international networks
José Mendonça de Barros
José Roberto Mendonça de Barros: São Paulo and the new economic geography
The production of knowledge will cause the state to drive growth in Brazil
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
José Israel Vargas
José Israel Vargas: from crisis to opportunity
Former minister remembers his career as scientist and policy maker
Cover
American inheritance
Indigenous groups share a genetic alteration that favors obesity and diabetes
Atomic Energy
Safety in the spotlight
Accident in Japan reopens the debate on the future of nuclear research