OXFORD--MacVector 6.0, the latest version of Oxford Molecular Group's popular Macintosh-platform bioinformatics software, has received a 1997 Most Signifi cant Development Award from the Biotechnology Software and Internet Journal, in recognition of its continued integration of internet databases. Journal editor Kevin Ahern noted, "MacVector is charting out new territory where other packages are afraid to tread. We ap plaud the developers of MacVector 6.0 for their commitment to internet molecular biology computing."