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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Biology & Life Sciences PLOS Biology’s XV Collection: 15 Years of Open ScienceView Collection
To commemorate 15 years of PLOS Biology, this collection will showcase a series of twelve blog posts, one each month, featuring an article selected by one of our hard-working Editorial Board Members…
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Research Analysis & Policy PLOS Pathogens: Research MattersView Collection
PLOS Pathogens presents Research Matters as a means to bridge the gap between academic research and the public. Research Matters provides a forum for active scientists to tell the public how diverse…
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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 Dementia: Across the Lifespan & Around the GlobeView Collection
Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) estimates there will be over 131.5 million people living with dementia by 2050, as well as a shift in burden from the richest to poorest…
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Biology & Life Sciences Editor’s Picks: Cell BiologyView Collection
Cell biologists investigate fundamental aspects of life, from the basic building blocks of the cell to how cells grow, divide and interact with each other. In conjunction with the 2018 ASCB Meeting…
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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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Computer & Information Sciences PLOS Computational Biology Benchmarking CollectionView Collection
Research in computational biology has given rise to a vast number of methods developed to solve scientific problems. For areas in which many approaches exist, researchers have a hard time deciding…
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Medicine & Health Editor’s Picks: Co-Infection in Tropical MedicineView Collection
Co-infection with more than one pathogen is a continuing challenge in global health, particularly in regions with multiple endemic infectious diseases. Direct and indirect interactions between…
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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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Earth & Environment Confronting Climate Change in the Age of DenialView Collection
Most scientists believe that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time -- if not the greatest challenge. Yet too often, efforts to communicate science-based information about the…