In December last year Journal of Medical Case Reports launched its research article type. Introduced as part of the journal’s ambition to support innovation in case reporting, research articles allow Journal of Medical Case Reports to act as a platform to analyse the impact, and improve the reporting of, case reports and associated information. In… Read more »
The progress made and problems faced in taking stem cells from the lab to the clinic is the focus of a new thematic series on clinical applications of stem cells, published by Stem Cell Research & Therapy. The series launches with three review articles; Nicholas Boulis reviews stem cell therapy for the spinal cord, Anish… Read more »
How many trials recruiting in the UK have been publicly registered in 2011? In which disease area is the highest number of registered trials? Which countries apart from the UK are represented in the ISRCTN Register? In answer to those frequently asked questions, the ISRCTN Register, made of over 10,800 records, has launched a page… Read more »
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK, affecting 46,000 women each year. HER2, a cell surface receptor belonging to the family of epidermal growth factor receptors, is over-expressed in 30% of breast cancer patients, and these “HER2 positive” patients respond well to HER2-targeted therapies. New research published in BMC Medicine by Parul… Read more »
Debates rage over why multiple large-scale studies to uncover risk factors for stroke have so far explained only a tiny proportion of inherited stroke cases and why, as yet, no single genomic region identified in one study has been validated in a second study. A team led by Ross Prentice from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read more »
The London Olympics are imminent – inevitably the focus for most will be on the achievements of athletes after years of intensive training to go faster, higher and further. However, behind the scenes, there has also been increased focus on the topic of sports and exercise medicine. In recognition of the research which has been… Read more »
DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences has published its inaugural articles with BioMed Central. Amongst these are an editorial by Editor-in-Chief Mohammad Abdollahi which highlights the need for a quality, open-access journal in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. The launch articles also include original research on enhancing indomethacin release in vitro, and propylene glycol tolerance in… Read more »
Dr Pascal Meieris a consultant Cardiologist based at The Heart Hospital London, and leader of the Yale-UCL Device Development Programme (part of the Yale-UCL collaborative). Dr Meier and colleagues recently published a meta-analysis in BMC Medicine which has received much attention as the study suggests assessment of coronary collateral circulation before PCI can be a… Read more »
Efforts to predict and monitor drug response in individuals and in the population have increased markedly over the past few years, but there is a need for replication, targeted resequencing and functional understanding, and for translation of pharmacogenomics research into the clinic. The editors of Genome Medicine are now accepting submissions of Research, Method, Database, Software… Read more »
Stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is cut off, resulting in cell damage and death due to lack of oxygen and nutrients. Facial weakness, arm weakness, difficulty with speech and time to call emergency services (FAST test) are the most common signs of stroke. A stroke can happen in two main ways:… Read more »