Can SSRIs provide a new treatment for bone loss?
Guest blog post by Dr Carlo Galli, author of a timely Commentary published in Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine, which discusses… Read more »
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- Can SSRIs provide a new treatment for bone loss? - 30th August 2013
- Open by Default: making Open Data truly open - 21st August 2013
- Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day - 20th May 2013
Open by Default: making Open Data truly open
In 2012 BioMed Central launched its public consultation on Open Data. Running from September to November, the consultation sought to gather consensus and… Read more »
Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day
On May 20, 1747, James Lind pioneered a scurvy trial on board the HMS Salisbury. Providing some crew members with two oranges and one lemon per day, while… Read more »
Pilot trials: to publish or not to publish?
Science works best when it’s open and transparent. Researchers and journal publishers are increasingly encouraged to drive forward initiatives to… Read more »
The Regulatory Role of miRNA in Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease
Since their discovery in the early nineties, microRNAs (or miRNAs) have been found in all complex organisms including mammals, plants and fungi. More than 700… Read more »
Theraputic use of leeches and infection: a case series
The therapeutic use of leeches can be traced as far back as 2,500 years when they were used for bloodletting in ancient India. The modern use of leeches in… Read more »
Peer2ref: A new online tool for locating peer reviewers
“Findings published in the peer reviewed journal BioData Mining…” A sentence like this instantly adds credibility to a scientific article. But it… Read more »
ACT now: Accuracy, Completeness, and Transparency in health research reporting EQUATOR Network Scientific Symposium October 2012
Guest Blog by Dr Iveta Simera Head of Programme Development at EQUATOR Network We would like to invite you to the scientific symposium and 4th EQUATOR Annual… Read more »
JMCR publishes its first research articles
In December last year Journal of Medical Case Reports launched its research article type. Introduced as part of the journal’s ambition to support… Read more »
Publishing, discovering and unlocking the value of medical case reports
BMC Research Notes is now accepting submissions of case reports. Alongside Journal of Medical Case Reports, and Cases Database, which launches later this… Read more »