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Open Data at the BMC Series

Tamara Hughes — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 14:00:31 +0000

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Highlights of the BMC Series – August 2021

Anne Menard — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:54:51 +0000

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How can we support reviewer diversity?

Dr Mario Malički — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:01:13 +0000

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Peer Review Week 2021 – Opening up Peer Review at BMC

Darren Byrne & Roshan Ahmed — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:12:47 +0000

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Highlights of the BMC Series – July 2021

Adrian Gonzalez Lopez — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:42:25 +0000

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Reproducibility and Research Integrity – a call for content

Prof. Marcus Munafò — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:44:27 +0000

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Meet the Winners of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2021

Roberto Garbero — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:00:12 +0000

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This year again Parasites & Vectors, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, awarded the Odile Bain Memorial Prize to two exceptional early-career scientists in the medical and veterinary parasitology fields.

Typed Citations in the Journal of Cheminformatics

Egon Willighagen — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:00:59 +0000

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Protecting an investment

Sumeska Thavarajah — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:00:51 +0000

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BMC Nephrology Blog Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah has written this blog in which the importance of screening for Polyoma virus BK Nephropathy in recipients of kidney transplants is discussed.

Taking care of the patient- not just the disease

Sumeska Thavarajah — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:34:21 +0000

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BMC Nephrology Blog Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah has written 'Taking care of the patient- not just the disease', to reiterate the importance of considering each patient as an individual, in addition to their symptoms.