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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Medicine & Health Health Consequences of the Asian TsunamiView Collection
In order to revisit the health consequences of the Asian tsunami of December 2004 six months on, PLOS Medicine commissioned a collection of Magazine articles that were published in April 2005. We…
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Medicine & Health Water and SanitationView Collection
This four-part series on water and sanitation leads with an article by Jamie Bartram and Sandy Cairncross who argue that the massive burden of ill health associated with poor hygiene, sanitation and…
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Medicine & Health Global Health EstimatesView Collection
Estimates of global health indicators - which give insight into death and disease rates, document advances in development, and help policymakers monitor progress - are absolutely essential for…
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Medicine & Health Grand Challenges CollectionView Collection
In this special collection, four policy papers cover a range of ethical, social, and cultural issues related to the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative…
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Medicine & Health Global Health Diplomacy CollectionView Collection
In April 2010 PLOS Medicine launched a six-part series on global health diplomacy. In the introductory article, Harley Feldbaum and Joshua Michaud consider the important interplay between foreign…
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Medicine & Health Sub-Saharan Africa’s Mothers, Newborns and ChildrenView Collection
In June and July 2010, PLOS Medicine published a series of articles on maternal, newborn, and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. The series provides a snapshot of the health and causes of death among…
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Biology & Life Sciences 2009 Maize Genome CollectionView Collection
The authors of the research presented in this special collection used the first description of the B73 maize genome to probe some of the most intriguing questions in genetics and plant biology. Read…
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Medicine & Health PLOS & DNDi: A Decade of OA & R&DView Collection
In 2013, PLOS and DNDi (Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative) celebrate their 10th Anniversaries: a decade of Open Access publishing and a decade of research and development for drugs for neglected…
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Medicine & Health Big FoodView Collection
The PLOS Medicine series on Big Food aims to examine and stimulate debate about the activities and influence of the food industry in global health. We define “Big Food” as the…
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Medicine & Health Evaluating eHealthView Collection
In Fall 2009 PLOS Medicine published a three part series examining the emergence of eHealth—the use of electronic tools in delivering health care—and its benefits and challenges…