MSF’s Scientific Days: embracing fear in a changing climate
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) held their sixteenth annual Scientific Days program May 9-10, 2019 at the Royal Society in London, which BMC was proud to… Read more »
17 Jul 2019
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
Open research pioneers, open perspectives
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What are the most effective interventions to improve physical performance in pre-frail and frail adults? It’s surprisingly hard to tell.
As populations age and become frail, evidence-based interventions to improve health outcomes are urgently needed. A newly published systematic review in BMC… Read more »
Fasciola liver flukes infecting wild elephants of Sri Lanka: tackling tricky taxonomy
A Fasciola liver fluke found infecting Asian elephants in Sri Lanka reveals a need to understand economically important parasites in wildlife.
Can Twitter and Google help improve heat wave warning systems?
Heat wave warning systems are often used in countries with frequent heat waves to warn the public and prevent heat-related illnesses. A recent study in… Read more »
How can we use fungi to control mosquitoes?
In this blog Dr Richard Samuels articulates and contextualizes the research put forward in a recent article published in Parasites & Vectors exploring the… Read more »
EULAR 2019: highlights from the annual conference
BMC Rheumatology & BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders travelled to Madrid for the 20th edition of European Congress of Rheumatology co-organised by the European… Read more »
The opposite of a late-night snack
Mosquitoes are predominantly night feeders, but this is changing due to the selective pressure imposed by the use of bednets. Does this behaviour change affect… Read more »
Unexpected surprises in disease ecology
Krisztian Magori reminds us of the fun and messiness of science through the challenges and unexpected discoveries his students made in his Disease Ecology… Read more »
Red de Institutos Nacionales de Cancer de Latinoamérica RINC-ALC
Franco Buonaguro, Editor-in-Chief of Infectious Agents and Cancer, on the importance of International Networks in the fight against cancer
