Richard Hays has recently joined Tai Pong Lam and Zorayda Leopando as co-Editor-in-Chief of Asia Pacific Family Medicine. We are pleased to welcome Richard, the Head of the School of Medicine at Keele University, onboard the journal. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Lyn Clearihan for her hard work and dedication as… Read more »
A new BioMed Central journal, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, is now accepting submissions. Stem Cell Research & Therapy aims to be the major forum for translational research into stem cell therapies. An international peer-reviewed journal, it will publish open access research articles of outstanding quality. The journal will have a special emphasis on translational,… Read more »
Since launching in January last year, BMC Medical Genomics has published over 100 articles. The latest original research paper, on growth factor signalling in drug-insensitive breast cancers has recently been press-released. This is a fantastic start for a new publication, and in just over a year the journal has published a diverse range of research covering… Read more »
‘Copy number variations and cancer’, a Review article published in Genome Medicine, describes the emerging importance of the role of genetic structural variation and diversity in cancer. Copy number variations (CNV) are large, structurally variant regions of DNA that contribute substantially to genetic diversity. Until recently, the majority of genomic studies in cancer have focused… Read more »
Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, has recently received a great deal of media attention, much of it focused on the measures that governments and organisations are taking to contain this infectious disease from spreading. A new review published this week in BMC Medicine by Editorial Board member Sally Blower and her… Read more »
Following the recent departure of the Journal of Medical Case Reports from BioMed Central’s portfolio, the medical journals in the BMC series have started considering case reports again. BMC Gastroenterology has just published the first case report since this policy came to effect. The article ‘The clinicopathologic observation, c-KIT gene mutation and clonal status of… Read more »
‘Molecular genetics of atrial fibrillation’, a Review article recently published in Genome Medicine, highlights recent groundbreaking work in atrial fibrillation genetics that has provided researchers with an increased understanding of the genetic origin of this disease. Historically, many studies have successfully identified the familial predisposition for atrial fibrillation, a common type of cardiac dysrhythmia and… Read more »
John Hardy, Editorial Board member of the soon-to-be launched Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society for his exceptional contribution to science. Professor Hardy, UCL Institute of Neurology, is one of the most highly cited authors in Alzheimer’s disease research, with more than 23,000 citations between January 1985… Read more »