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  • A PLOS Collection PLOS ONE 10 Year Anniversary: Datasets

    By sharing their underlying data and related metadata, authors increase the value and impact of their research. Since its inception, PLOS ONE has encouraged data sharing, and in 2014, in keeping with…

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  • A PLOS Collection PLOS Medicine Cancer Research

    Knowledge about the causes of cancer and interventions to prevent and manage the disease is extensive and is continually growing. Whilst many patients now have improved prognosis if their cancer is…

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  • A PLOS Collection PLOS ONE 10 Year Anniversary: 10 Highly Cited Articles

    PLOS provides a range of Article-Level Metrics to assess the impact of its articles. Among these, citation number remains the gold standard by which scientists can explicitly reference the relevance…

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  • A PLOS Collection Bridging Communities: Co- and Polymicrobial Infections

    Humans are colonized by an array of microbial communities and many diseases are caused by polymicrobial exposures that have exacerbated symptoms when combined with a second pathogen. PLOS Pathogens…

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  • Tuberculosis

    Tuberculosis kills more people today than HIV and malaria combined. In 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide…

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  • A PLOS Collection Zika

    Zika is an arbovirus infection transmitted by several different species of Aedes mosquitoes, including Aedes aegypti in the New World. Towards the end of 2015, the Pan American Health Organization…

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  • A PLOS Collection Open Source Toolkit: Hardware

    The Open Source Toolkit has migrated to PLOS Channels. PLEASE VISIT THE OPEN SOURCE TOOLKIT CHANNEL FOR THE LATEST OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH…

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  • Open Source Toolkit

    The Open Source Toolkit features articles and online projects describing hardware and software that can be used in a research and/or science…

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  • A PLOS Collection Diabetes Prevention

    Diabetes is a global problem, with recent estimates of a staggering 410 million people with diabetes mellitus in 2013. The high risk of disabling and life-threatening complications, and the enormous…

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  • A PLOS Collection Open Highlights: Putting Placebos to the Test

    Medics have long recognised the curious power of the placebo. This Open Highlights Collection explores recent research into its biological basis and the complex ethical and practical issues that…

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