Use of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) has been lauded as an incredible therapeutic alternative for tumors, pain and other conditions. Dr. Arik Hananel discusses this non-invasive technique
As a part of the World TB Day 2016 article collection, BMC Medicine published a correspondence article investigating gaps in funding in tuberculosis research. Here, co-author Mishal Khan explains why current priorities need to be reassessed.
Insights in translational cancer research hold the key to the therapeutic progress in oncology. As a new cross-journal article collection on Translational Oncology is launched by BMC Medicine, we reflect on current trends in this field, including tumor heterogeneity, liquid biopsies, and immunotherapy.
In this blog, Gareth Lewis & Gerry Gormley discuss their research investigating how simulation can be used to navigate ethical issues.
It is thought that performing medical research in Antarctica can improve our understanding of human health. With disease in mind, various conditions can be better understood when studying the body under unusual environmental conditions. Recently, results from Prof Yevhen Moiseyenko and team were published in The EPMA journal that suggest Antarctica is the ideal location to study various health conditions impacted by environmental factors. Here, Dr. Rostyslav Bubnov discusses their research in this Q&A.
The ISRCTN registry has included plain English summaries in their study records since 2011 and currently contains over 4600 of them. But just how important are they and what can be done to ensure that they really are written in plain English?
Today Frederic Blanc, Ian McKeith and colleagues publish research in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy identifying a biomarker of dementia with Lewy bodies. In this blog, they explain more about what this disease is and what their results show.
Clinical insights take a look at some of the recent clinical research published across BioMed Central’s journals.