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Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD

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Robin Cassady-Cain PhD


Welcome to BMC Medicine published by BioMed Central
BMC Medicine - the flagship medical journal of the BMC series - publishes original research articles, commentaries and reviews in all areas of medical science and clinical practice. To be appropriate for BMC Medicine, articles need to be of outstanding quality, broad interest and special importance. BMC Medicine (ISSN 1741-7015) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, BIOSIS, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Current Contents, Thomson Reuters (ISI) and Google Scholar.


BMC Featured articles

Stat1 structure - Wikipedia
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:68
Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1 (STAT1) regulates energy metabolic pathways in tumors, predominantly via glycolytic genes, suggesting a role for STAT1 as a transcriptional modulator of genes involved in "Warburg effect" cancer cell energy production.
Stockxpert Image #11244246
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:67
HIV-infected children successfully adhere to the prophylactic medication for tuberculosis isoniazid regardless of whether this is administered daily or three times a week, although an intermittent regimen may prove more cost-effective.
Older man in wheelchair with woman doctor from Ablestock
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:66
Neutral lipid and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are significantly altered between patients with probable sporadic Alzheimers disease and controls, and could provide potential diagnostic markers for patients and also asymptomatic people at risk.
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:65
The range of motion in the lower limbs of children with cerebral palsy decreases between the ages of 2 to 14 years, and is related to the level of gross motor function and cerebral palsy subtype.
Portrait of exhausted and stressed doctor - Photos.com
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:64
The medical profession needs to re-evaluate the organization of specialties around the populations health care needs in order to adapt to changing requirements and provide better coordinated care for patients with multiple morbidities.


BMC  Latest articles published in BMC Medicine        [more info]


Research article
STAT1-dependent expression of energy metabolic pathways links tumour growth and radioresistance to the Warburg effect
Sean P Pitroda, Bassam T Wakim, Ravi F Sood, Mara G Beveridge, Michael A Beckett, Dhara M MacDermed, Ralph R Weichselbaum, Nikolai N Khodarev
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:68 (5November2009)
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Research article
Adherence to isoniazid prophylaxis among HIV-infected children: a randomized controlled trial comparing two dosing schedules
Stanzi M le Roux, Mark F Cotton, Jonathan E Golub, David M le Roux, Lesley Workman, Heather J Zar
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:67 (3November2009)
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research article
Accumulation of neutral lipids in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a distinctive trait of Alzheimer patients and asymptomatic subjects at risk of disease
Alessandra Pani, Antonella Mandas, Giacomo Diaz, Claudia Abete, Pier Luigi Cocco, Fabrizio Angius, Annalisa Brundu, Nico Mucaka, Maria Elena Pais, Antonio Saba, Luigi Barberini, Cristina Zaru, Manuela Palmas, Paolo F Putzu, Alessandra Mocali, Francesco Paoletti, Paolo La Colla, Sandra Dessi
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:66 (2November2009)
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Research article
Development of lower limb range of motion from early childhood to adolescence in cerebral palsy: a population-based study
Eva Nordmark, Gunnar Hgglund, Henrik Lauge-Pedersen, Philippe Wagner, Lena Westbom
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:65 (28October2009)
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Debate
Transforming medical professionalism to fit changing health needs
Thomas Plochg, Niek S Klazinga, Barbara Starfield
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:64 (26October2009)
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Commentary
Defective oxytocin function: a clue to understanding the cause of autism?
Fiorella Gurrieri, Giovanni Neri
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:63 (22October2009)
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Research article
Genomic and epigenetic evidence for oxytocin receptor deficiency in autism
Simon G Gregory, Jessica J Connelly, Aaron J Towers, Jessica Johnson, Dhani Biscocho, Christina A Markunas, Carla Lintas, Ruth K Abramson, Harry H Wright, Peter Ellis, Cordelia F Langford, Gordon Worley, G Robert Delong, Susan K Murphy, Michael L Cuccaro, Antonello Persico, Margaret A Pericak-Vance
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:62 (22October2009)
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Commentary
Review of epidemiologic data on the debate over smokeless tobacco's role in harm reduction
David S Timberlake, Jason A Zell
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:61 (19October2009)
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Research article
Suicidal ideation during treatment of depression with escitalopram and nortriptyline in Genome-Based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression (GENDEP): a clinical trial
Nader Perroud, Rudolf Uher, Andrej Marusic, Marcella Rietschel, Ole Mors, Neven Henigsberg, Joanna Hauser, Wolfgang Maier, Daniel Souery, Anna Placentino, Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Lisbeth Jorgensen, Jana Strohmaier, Astrid Zobel, Caterina Giovannini, Amanda Elkin, Cerisse Gunasinghe, Joanna Gray, Desmond Campbell, Bhanu Gupta, Anne E Farmer, Peter McGuffin, Katherine J Aitchison
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:60 (15October2009)
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Correspondence
Trends of public health research output from India during 2001-2008
Lalit Dandona, Magdalena Z Raban, Rama K Guggilla, Aarushi Bhatnagar, Rakhi Dandona
BMC Medicine 2009, 7:59 (14October2009)
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BMC  Latest selected articles from BMC Biology


This list contains articles from BMC Biology that may be of interest to readers of BMC Medicine

Research article
Genetical genomic determinants of alcohol consumption in rats and humans
Boris Tabakoff, Laura Saba, Morton Printz, Pam Flodman, Colin Hodgkinson, David Goldman, George Koob, Heather N Richardson, Katerina Kechris, Richard L Bell, Norbert Hubner, Matthias Heinig, Michal Pravenec, Jonathan Mangion, Lucie Legault, Maurice Dongier, Katherine M Conigrave, John B Whitfield, John Saunders, Bridget Grant, Paula L Hoffman, WHO/ISBRA Study on State and Trait Markers of Alcoholism
BMC Biology 2009, 7:70 (27October2009)
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Research article
scribble mutants promote aPKC and JNK-dependent epithelial neoplasia independently of Crumbs
Gregory R Leong, Karen R Goulding, Nancy Amin, Helena E Richardson, Anthony M Brumby
BMC Biology 2009, 7:62 (24September2009)
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Research article
-Opioid receptor activation attenuates oxidative injury in the ischemic rat brain
Yilin Yang, Xiwei Xia, Yi Zhang, Qiang Wang, Lu Li, Guanghua Luo, Ying Xia
BMC Biology 2009, 7:55 (26August2009)
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Research article
Erythropoietin improves operant conditioning and stability of cognitive performance in mice
Ahmed El-Kordi, Konstantin Radyushkin, Hannelore Ehrenreich
BMC Biology 2009, 7:37 (8July2009)
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Research article
Hibernation-like state induced by an opioid peptide protects against experimental stroke
Cesar V Borlongan, Teruo Hayashi, Peter R Oeltgen, Tsung-Ping Su, Yun Wang
BMC Biology 2009, 7:31 (17June2009)
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