ScienceRoll (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
After introducing Pubmedfight, I wrote about InterMedi which: is a set of tools aiming at connecting BioMedical researchers together helping them to find informations about their previous works, collaborators and affiliations. The remarkable fact is that no information is required! Our intelligent software knows how to combine information already available on the web, specially on the [...]
Antibody Technologies (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Seeking Alpha had a good piece Sunday on the poor performance of China's BioMedical industry when it comes to venture capital funding. The comparison is simple enough. In the U.S., BioMedical projects rake in 31% of all venture capital funding. In China, only 2.4% of venture capital funding went to BioMedical and/or healthcare projects in the recently released Q2 numbers. Everyone keeps waiting and...
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Seeking Alpha had a good piece Sunday on the poor performance of China's BioMedical industry when it comes to venture capital funding. The comparison is simple enough. In the U.S., BioMedical projects rake in 31% of all venture capital funding. In China, only 2.4% of venture capital funding went to BioMedical and/or healthcare projects in the recently released Q2 numbers. Everyone keeps waiting and...
Antibody Technologies (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
SAN DIEGO, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced it will report results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2008 after…Read more
Antibody Technologies (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
News & Information (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
SAN DIEGO, June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that its board of directors has declared a second quarter 2008 dividend…Read more
Live from (top) Dead Center (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Human brains pay a price for being big General Science / Biology Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal Genome Biology adds weight to the theory that schizophrenia is a [...]
Journalology (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
When looking at the journal Bioinformation , I spotted the tagline "It is free to publish, open access and online immediately upon acceptance" This is wrong, as like the BioMed Central journals this journal usually charges an article processing charge. This got me digging a bit further. They state on the published articles that "This is an open-access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,...
NoahBrier.com (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008 | Politics
Very interesting Salon article about the 2001 anthrax attacks and the media's role in making a connection between Iraq and terrorism, when none was there. The article makes some fascinating points about a time I hardly remember at this point (sure, I remember the anthrax scare, but the details were new to me). This comes on the back of the suicide of Bruce Ivins , the government anthrax researcher...
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Medical Research News An enriched extract of the ‘Indian Frankincense’ herb Boswellia serrata has been proven to reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis. Research published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy has [...]
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
A new analysis of a 2007 survey of American schoolchildren has identified factors that may be used to help improve school safety. The research, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Annals of General Psychiatry, gives detailed information about the carrying of guns, blades and clubs. 13,707 students participated in the study, 6,664 (50.5%) were male [...]
Medical,Health News and Articles (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
In a study of parasites living in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, researchers have determined that biomass of these parasites exceeds that of top predators, in some cases by more than 20 times. Their findings, which could have significant ecological and BioMedical implications, appear in this week’s issue of the [...]
