From owner-biotechniques@net.bio.net Tue Jul 25 23:00:00 1995 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp@net.bio.net (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.journals.letters.biotechniques Subject: BIOTECHNIQUES/bionet.journals.letters.biotechniques is ready! Date: 26 Jul 1995 13:55:09 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Biology Lines: 231 Approved: biotechniques-moderator@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3v6a3d$jd2@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The BIOTECHNIQUES/bionet.journals.letters.biotechniques newsgroup is ready for operation. This newsgroup is moderated, i.e., all postings are forwarded to a moderator/editor and are reviewed prior to distribution. 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