The Editors of Genome Medicine are delighted to announce a Workshop on the Epigenetics/Epigenomics of Disease to be held as part of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Asian Epigenome Alliance/3rd Shanghai International Conference of Epigenetics and Disease. The meeting will take place in Shanghai on 19-22 April 2012. During this three-day conference, 48 leading… Read more »
More organizations with interests in clinical research – most recently leaders in evidence-based medicine the Cochrane Collaboration – are calling for better access to research data. So what’s getting in the way? In human health research the benefits of increased transparency – more reliable, efficient research to better inform clinical practice – are arguably the… Read more »
Trials celebrates its 5th birthday this year. In Trials’ launch editorial, Editors-in-Chief Doug Altman, Curt Furberg, Jeremy Grimshaw and Peter Rothwell wrote of the importance of trial reporting, and announced that a key aim of the journal was not only to promote and encourage the reporting of all randomized controlled trials (RCTs), but to make… Read more »
Two Associate Editors of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (AACI) were amongst those receiving high accolades at the Annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology held in Quebec City, Canada from 20th-23rd October. All abstracts from the conference are available in the recent supplement. Dr Wade Watson received the Jerry Dolovich… Read more »
While many of you may have noticed an inordinate number of people sporting facial hair this month in support of prostate cancer, an event known as “Movember”, November is also COPD awareness month. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a major health issue. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2030, COPD will become the… Read more »
World Diabetes Day is celebrated on 14 November each year. The theme of this year’s day is the same as the previous two years: “Diabetes Education and Prevention”. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are chronic conditions that affect 2.8 million people in the UK. Without proper treatment diabetes can result in various complications, such… Read more »