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 Cardiovascular DiseasesView Collection
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death and disability globally, with an estimated 17.7 million deaths from CVD in 2015. More than three-quarters of CVD deaths occur in low- and…
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Medicine & Health Traumatic InjuryView Collection
Traumatic injury has long been recognized as a neglected disease of extremely high burden. With this Special Issue, PLOS Medicine and guest editors Professor Karim Brohi and Dr Martin Schreiber…
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Medicine & Health Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Improving Quality, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, & Demand for Services during an Accelerated Scale-upView Collection
With new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa occurring at a rate of 2.3 million each year, this new collection presents interim results from a large public health intervention of voluntary medical…
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Research Analysis & Policy Meta-Research: Sources of BiasView Collection
Meta-research, or the scientific study of research practices, aims to characterize existing standards and ultimately improve the quality and reliability of scientific research. We collect here…
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Biology & Life Sciences Editor’s Picks: Human GeneticsView Collection
Human Genetics encompasses vast areas of study, including genetic epidemiology, genomics, gene therapy, epigenetics, and evolution. The very latest research in these areas and more will be on display…
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Medicine & Health Burden of Infectious Diseases in EuropeView Collection
The Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) aimed to estimate the burden of communicable diseases applying a pathogen and incidence based approach to estimating DALYs (Disability Adjusted…
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Medicine & Health The Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted InfectionsView Collection
Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than one million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur each day, incurring a very substantial burden of morbidity…
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Medicine & Health Minimally invasive autopsy for cause of death determination in high burden settingsView Collection
In most middle and low-income countries, mortality data are crucial information to prioritize health policies but are inferred through highly inaccurate methods. Minimally invasive autopsy, a newly…
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Research Analysis & Policy Meta-Research: ReportingView Collection
Meta-research, or the scientific study of research practices, aims to characterize existing standards and ultimately improve the quality and reliability of scientific research. We collect here…
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Research Analysis & Policy Reporting GuidelinesView Collection
Reporting guidelines are statements intended to advise authors reporting research methods and findings. They can be presented as a checklist, flow diagram or text, and describe what is required to…