Guest blog post from Shona Kirtley at the EQUATOR Network, which is endorsed by all BioMed Central journals, about their up-coming seminar and annual lecture in Bristol, UK The EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) is holding a seminar and its 3rd annual lecture prior to the 2011 Clinical Trials Methodology… Read more »
There can’t be many ‘omics’ researchers in the past year who haven’t heard conference speakers question when – or whether – genomic medicine is going to make an impression on the clinic. The human proteome organization’s recent conference in Geneva (HUPO 2011) was no exception, but there were clinical successes to celebrate and a consensus… Read more »
Around 3% of the world’s population is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), which affects the liver. The current standard-of-care therapy is not effective in the majority of genotype 1 viral cases and more serious, chronic diseases of the liver can result. Recently published in Genome Medicine, David Booth and colleagues from the Universities of… Read more »
1With an estimate of more than 300 million worldwide being affected by asthma, this chronic inflammatory pulmonary disease, has a complex etiology that can involve both environmental as well as genetic factors. To date there is no cure, only management of disease. With its effects being potentially severe, it is not surprising that the public… Read more »
Come and visit BioMed Central at the 17th WONCA Europe Conference in Warsaw, Poland this September, where we will be exhibiting at booth #10. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Family Medicine – Practice, Science and Art’. The program includes high-level speakers and experts from across Europe and participants can learn about the latest… Read more »