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Dale E. Bauman
Cornell University
Department of Animal Science
262 Morrison Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Tilak R. Dhiman
Utah State University
Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences
4815 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-4815

Clement Ip
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Department of Experimental Pathology
Buffalo, NY 14263

Michael E. Pariza
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW Food Research Institute
1925 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1187

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 375. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.