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• Genetics Selection Evolution transfers to BioMed Central (15 Jan 2009)
• Alan Storey new Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Cancer (15 Jan 2009)
• Head & Neck Oncology: a new open access publication (12 Jan 2009)

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  Information Online (ALIA) in Sydney, Australia 20 - 22 Jan
  BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #78.
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  The Global Youth Tobacco Survey
  BMC Public Health has published a collection of Research papers: The Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) - linking data to the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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  University of Calgary establishes Open Access Central Fund
  There are now several institutions leading the way and establishing central funds to allow authors to benefit when publishing in open access journals. Our latest case study examines the steps taken by the University of Calgary in Canada to set up, administer and monitor their fund.

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Hidden Jewels

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  F1000 Biology
  "This paper presents evidence that the directly coupled activity of three enzymes (adenylate kinase, adenosine kinase and adenosine deaminase) can catalyze the formation of ADP directly from two molecules of AMP -- providing a route to ADP formation under metabolic conditions where ATP levels are depleted."  See the full evaluation of this paper by Barry L Stoddard (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States of America) for Faculty of 1000 Biology.
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  F1000 Medicine
  "This is a contemporary overview of the role of imaging in general and magnetic resonance (MR) in particular in the assessment and management of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). It highlights the particular strengths of MR in the assessment of right ventricular (RV) structure and function. It accords with the increasing experience with this technology in major centres around the world."  See the full evaluation of this paper by Keith McNeil (Prince Charles Hospital, Australia) for Faculty of 1000 Medicine.

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• Various comments (Tom Kindlon, 16Jan2009)
  This paper refers to using a re-attribution programme. I thought I would highlight the results of a trial[1] published last year on the topic. It involved testing practice-based... read full comment
  Comment on: Williams NB et al. BMC Family Practice, 9:30
• Nodal status (John Fralick, 15Jan2009)
  Krainick-Strobel et al. provide detail of their single-arm trial of preoperative letrozole in stage T2 T4b, N0 breast cancer patients. The authors observed that over 50%... read full comment
  Comment on: Krainick-Strobel UE et al. BMC Cancer, 8:62
• Possible confusion between FunyBase and FunnyBase (Mark Hahn, 15Jan2009)
  Readers should be aware that there is an existing database with a very similar (though not identical) name. FunnyBase is a database of EST sequences for the Atlantic kilifish,... read full comment
  Comment on: Marthey S et al. BMC Bioinformatics, 9:456

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