Comments from users about BioMed Central

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Georgetown University Medical School Washington, USA

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Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, USA

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McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Head of the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School

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Universidad Simón Bolívar Caracas, Venezuela

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National Institute of Mental Health

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Director General, Imperial Cancer Research Fund

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Department of Biochemistry, The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Chair of the Scholarly Communications Task Force, Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)

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User Services Librarian, Beloit College Library, Beloit

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Information Services Manager & Chief Librarian, Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK