The Signaling Pathways Project is a multi-omics knowledgebase based upon public, manually curated transcriptomic and cistromic (ChIP-Seq) datasets involving genetic and small molecule manipulations of…
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Computer & Information Sciences The Roots of BioinformaticsView Collection
This collection of essays from prominent workers in the field of bioinformatics relates how selected scientific, technological, economic, and even cultural threads came to influence the development of…
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Medicine & Health The Geopolitics of Neglected Tropical DiseasesView Collection
To commemorate the 5th Anniversary of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs), we are releasing a collection focusing on geographic perspectives on the global burden of the neglected tropical…
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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS Pathogens & PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Twinning CollectionView Collection
PLOS Pathogens and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases present a collection of primary research articles on topics spanning these sister journals, including: proteomics, kinetoplastids, insect vectors…
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Medicine & Health Disease MongeringView Collection
To mark the first academic meeting on disease mongering (the "selling of sickness" in order to promote drug sales), which was held in Newcastle, Australia in April 2006, and to help provoke…
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Medicine & Health Are Drug Companies Living Up to Their Human Rights Responsibilities? Three ViewpointsView Collection
In September 2010, the PLOS Medicine Debate asked whether drug companies are living up to their human rights responsibilities. Sofia Gruskin and Zyde Raadfrom the Harvard School of Public Health say…
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Medicine & Health Ghostwriting CollectionView Collection
Ghostwriting occurs when someone has made substantial contributions to writing a manuscript but this role is unacknowledged. In medicine, ghostwriting is problematical because it often involves…
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Biology & Life Sciences Marine Life on Seamounts – The CenSeam CollectionView Collection
The Census of Marine Life on Seamounts (CenSeam) was a 5 year research program carried out under the umbrella of the Census of Marine Life. Its principal goal was to create an international network of…
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Biology & Life Sciences Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems – The ChEss CollectionView Collection
This collection presents some of the recent advances in biogeography and taxonomy within deep-sea chemosynthetic environments: patterns, processes, and synthesis resulting from the Census of Marine…
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Biology & Life Sciences Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography – Regional Comparisons of Global IssuesView Collection
Through a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations, the Census of Marine Life has engaged in a coordinated scientific program to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and…
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Research Analysis & Policy Open DataView Collection
In the spirit of Open Con and highlighting the state of Open Data, PLOS is proud to release our Open Data Collection. In collaboration with our external advisor, Melissa Haendel, we have selected…