Corrections.

• Position: Correction Notice

The July/August 2004 issue carried a banner at the top of the front cover that included the line "Hello? Novartis? Do We Look Like Lab Rats?" The editors wrote that to attract attention to an editorial by senior researcher Brian Halweil, and unfortunately we neglected to check it out with the author. Shortly after the issue was in print, we received a note from professor Klaus Leisinger, executive director of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, who reminded us that Novartis got out of the genetically modified seed business several years ago (see excerpt of his letter above). We regret the mistake.

We were also a bit careless in the previous issue's Matters of Scale, on the hidden cost of...