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Volume 2(2);  February 2005
Editorial
Why Bigger Is Not Yet Better: The Problems with Huge Datasets
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e55. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020055.
PMCID: PMC549601
Synopses
Mass Spectometry–Based SARS Genotyping
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e52. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020052.
PMCID: PMC549598
Towards Better Evaluation of Pneumococcal Vaccines
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e53. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020053.
PMCID: PMC549599
Injections and HIV in Rural Zimbabwe
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e54. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020054.
PMCID: PMC549600
Why Blood Glucose Control Matters for the Kidney
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e56. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020056.
PMCID: PMC549602
Equitable Allocation of Antiretrovirals in Resource-Constrained Countries
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e57. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020057.
PMCID: PMC549603
The PLoS Medicine Debate
Can Routine Commercial Cord Blood Banking Be Scientifically and Ethically Justified?
Nicholas M Fisk, Irene A. G Roberts, Roger Markwald, and Vladimir Mironov
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e44. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020044.
PMCID: PMC549592
Essays
A Person-Centred Approach to Communicating Risk
Andy Alaszewski
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e41. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020041.
PMCID: PMC549589
Communicating with Patients about Harms and Risks
Andrew Herxheimer
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e42. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020042.
PMCID: PMC549590
Neglected Diseases
The Courage to Change the Rules: A Proposal for an Essential Health R&D Treaty
Nicoletta Dentico and Nathan Ford
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e14. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020014.
PMCID: PMC549583
Perspectives
Can Blood Gene Expression Predict Which Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Will Respond to Interferon?
Naftali Kaminski and Anat Achiron
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e33. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020033.
PMCID: PMC549584
A Shot in the Arm for AIDS Vaccine Research
David D Ho
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e36. Published online 2005 January 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020036.
PMCID: PMC544555
Scaling Up AIDS Treatment: What Is the Potential Impact and What Are the Risks?
Peter Lamptey and David Wilson
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e39. Published online 2005 January 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020039.
PMCID: PMC544403
Health in Action
Teaching Health Workers Malaria Diagnosis
Graham Icke, Richard Davis, and William McConnell
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e11. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020011.
PMCID: PMC549582
Policy Forum
The Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise: Scientific Strategic Plan
Coordinating Committee of the Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Enterprise
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e25. Published online 2005 January 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020025.
PMCID: PMC544553
Research in Translation
Asthma Severity and Prevalence: An Ongoing Interaction between Exposure, Hygiene, and Lifestyle
Thomas A. E Platts-Mills
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e34. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020034.
PMCID: PMC549585
Learning Forum
Case-Based Study: From Prediabetes to Complications—Opportunities for Prevention
Jonathan Rappaport and Vivian Fonseca
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e40. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020040.
PMCID: PMC549588
Research Articles
Individual Level Injection History: A Lack of Association with HIV Incidence in Rural Zimbabwe
Ben A Lopman, Geoff P Garnett, Peter R Mason, and Simon Gregson
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e37. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020037.
PMCID: PMC549586
Use of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein to Evaluate Vaccine Efficacy against Pneumonia
Shabir A Madhi, Jayvant R Heera, Locadiah Kuwanda, and Keith P Klugman
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e38. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020038.
PMCID: PMC549587
SARS Transmission Pattern in Singapore Reassessed by Viral Sequence Variation Analysis
Jianjun Liu, Siew Lan Lim, Yijun Ruan, Ai Ee Ling, Lisa F. P Ng, Christian Drosten, Edison T Liu, Lawrence W Stanton, and Martin L Hibberd
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e43. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020043.
PMCID: PMC549591
Multiple Metabolic Hits Converge on CD36 as Novel Mediator of Tubular Epithelial Apoptosis in Diabetic Nephropathy
Katalin Susztak, Emilio Ciccone, Peter McCue, Kumar Sharma, and Erwin P Böttinger
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e45. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020045.
PMCID: PMC549593
Designing Equitable Antiretroviral Allocation Strategies in Resource-Constrained Countries
David P Wilson and Sally M Blower
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e50. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020050.
PMCID: PMC549597
Correspondence and Other Communications
Free Community Science and the Free Development of Science
Richard Stallman
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e47. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020047.
PMCID: PMC549594
Unregistered Trials Are Unethical
Eswar Krishnan
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e48. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020048.
PMCID: PMC549595
Open Access to Trials Register
Susanne McCabe
PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e49. Published online 2005 February 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020049.
PMCID: PMC549596
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