The free exchange of scientific and medical information can play an important role in international development.
BioMed Central provides free, immediate and permanent online access to the full text of all articles published within its portfolio of over 200 peer-reviewed journals, and through its open access waiver fund, ensures that scientific authors in low-income countries do not face financial barriers to publishing in open access journals.
Open access provides a way for researchers from low-income countries to participate more fully in the international research community, and so BioMed Central has created a set of initiatives designed to increase the visibility and output of scientific research from these countries.
Research highlights
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BMC Genomics 2012, 13:52Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: effects of a strong gradient magnetic field on the transcriptional profile of Drosophila melanogaster
Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies raised in a zero-gravity environment created by a superconducting magnet show substantial changes in the expression of many essential genes, suggesting that extended weightlessness during space flight could also potentially have negative effects on cellular processes.
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Genome Medicine 2012, 4:8From hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma: a proposed model for cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms
Marion Martin and Zdenko Herceg discuss how cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms might be involved in the development of liver cancer.
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:415Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes
An Open Letter describing the project to sequence the genomes of the saltwater crocodile, the American alligator and the Indian gharial
Updates
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- 01 December 2011
- Advancing diagnosis of HIV-infected infants
Advocacy
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- 03 February 2012
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Open Access initiatives
Please read an article that broadly outlines the situation regarding access to research in the developing world and discusses BioMed Central's initiatives designed to increase the output and visibility of scientific research published from these countries.
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