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ATS in San Diego, CA 15 - 20 May
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #1024.
Research Councils UK planning to increase support for open access
Research Councils UK has recently published an independent study into open access to research outputs. The study examines the impact of open access on publishing models and institutional repositories in view of growing national and international trends.
MLA in Honolulu, HI 15 - 20 May
BioMed Central will be exhibiting at booth #1017.
New abstracts from BMC Geriatrics
BMC Geriatrics has published the abstracts of the XXI Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery. Terni, Italy, 4-6 December 2008.
New from Journal of Biology
Brian Oliver and John Malone invoke our 'inner fish' in their commentary on new research in Journal of Biology from Timothy Hughes and colleagues, which shows that although tissue-specific gene expression is highly conserved from fish to human, conservation is notably lacking in the gene regulatory sequences.

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	Genetic markers of influenza severity BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:77 New genetic markers for human host-specificity and high lethality in influenza viruses were identified by considering combinations of amino acids conserved among past pandemic strains and may be useful in predicting the severity of new influenza strains.
	Incarceration and addiction harm women's recovery Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2009, 4:10 Stigma based on drug use and incarceration hinder the re-integration and recovery of women after release from jail.
	Greenland suicides peak in summer BMC Psychiatry 2009, 9:20 Suicide rates in Greenland peak during the summer months of constant light and are particularly pronounced in high latitude regions but there is no seasonal variation in homicide rates or beer consumption.
	Dietary bacteria alter immune gene expression Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6:7 Bacteria concomitantly consumed during insect larval feeding on host plants cause changes in immune system gene expression which continue to be expressed in the adult insect and the next generation.
	Evolution and integration of R1 and R2 retrotransposons Genome Biology 2009, 10:R49 Comparative analysis of 12 Drosophila genomes reveals insights into the evolution and mechanism of integration of R1 and R2 retrotransposons.

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