BioMed Central launches Medical Gas Research this week, a new open-access journal led by Editor-in-Chief John Zhang. Medical gases are used in a variety of multidisciplinary fields of clinical practice such as diving medicine, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, hyperbaric oxygen medicine as well as basic science research fields including biochemistry and neuroscience. As Professor Zhang explains… Read more »
The journal Trials has, since its launch, aimed to be a force for change in publishing – experimenting with and refining novel approaches to reporting information about randomised controlled trials. The sharing and publishing of clinical research data underlying trials has been an area of the journal’s focus, and the editors have sought to establish… Read more »
BioMed Central recently convened some inaugural ‘threaded publications’ discussions in Oxford, UK. This post is an expanded summary of the discussions and next steps for the concept. Many thanks to Prof Doug Altman, Mr Geoffrey Bilder, Sir Iain Chalmers and Prof Mike Clarke for their contributions. What is threaded publications trying to achieve? What a… Read more »
BioMed Central are proud to be working with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to help them create and launch their new online resource UKCTG – UK Clinical Trials Gateway Professor Dame Sally C. Davies, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England said, “I am extremely pleased to announce that phase 2 of the UK… Read more »
Using rituximab in addition to standard chemotherapy has been reported to have beneficial effects on treatment outcome in patients with CD-20 positive malignant lymphomas. Rituximab is an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody which is used to treat patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma either alone or in combination with other drugs. It is active against both malignant and… Read more »
Some of you may be reading news items posted today with a certain guardedness to avoid being caught by the customary tall tales that appear as part of April Fools’ Day frivolities. This, however, is no joke. April 1st marks the beginning of bowel cancer awareness month, with many organisations and individuals doing their bit… Read more »