1.
Tip induced fluorescence quenching for nanometer optical and topographical resolution
Olaf
Schulz,
Zhao
Zhao,
Alex
Ward,
Marcelle
Koenig,
Felix
Koberling,
Yan
Liu,
Jörg
Enderlein,
Hao
Yan,
Robert
Ros
Optical Nanoscopy 2013, 2 :1 (21 February 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
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A practical method to target individuals for outbreak detection and control
Gerardo
Chowell,
Cecile
Viboud
BMC Medicine 2013, 11 :36 (12 February 2013)
Abstract | Provisional PDF
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Editor’s summary
Gerardo Chowell and Cécile Viboud comment on a novel method that identifies risk of influenza transmission and allows early detection of infection in schools, but caution that this promising method needs testing on outbreaks in different settings.
3.
Genome reannotation of the lizard Anolis carolinensis based on 14 adult and embryonic deep transcriptomes
Walter
L
Eckalbar,
Elizabeth
D
Hutchins,
Glenn
J
Markov,
April
N
Allen,
Jason
J
Corneveaux,
Kerstin
Lindblad-Toh,
Federica
Di Palma,
Jessica
Alföldi,
Matthew
J
Huentelman,
Kenro
Kusumi
BMC Genomics 2013, 14 :49 (23 January 2013)
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Fitness components and natural selection: why are there different patterns on the emergence of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax ?
Kristan
A
Schneider,
Ananias
A
Escalante
Malaria Journal 2013, 12 :15 (11 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
In this article, the authors use a model to examine difference in the life-histories of P. falciparum and P. vivax and its consequences for the evolution of drug resistance. The paper highlights the paucity of research focusing on the effect of gametocyta emia dynamics in the evolution of mutations associated with resistance.
5.
GR-FET application for high-frequency detection device
Akram
M
Mahjoub,
Alec
Nicol,
Takuto
Abe,
Takahiro
Ouchi,
Yuhei
Iso,
Michio
Kida,
Noboyuki
Aoki,
Katsuhiko
Miyamoto,
Takashige
Omatsu,
Jonathan
P
Bird,
David
K
Ferry,
Koji
Ishibashi,
Yuichi
Ochiai
Nanoscale Research Letters 2013, 8 :22 (10 January 2013)
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Microbe observation and cultivation array (MOCA) for cultivating and analyzing environmental microbiota
Weimin
Gao,
Dena
Navarroli,
Jared
Naimark,
Weiwen
Zhang,
Shih-hui
Chao,
Deirdre
R
Meldrum
Microbiome 2013, 1 :4 (9 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
A new system to cultivate bacteria is described, which consists of a Petri dish that contains an array of droplets as cultivation chambers and provides a cost-efficient platform for isolation of bacteria from natural environments.
7.
Systems integrity in health and aging - an animal model approach
Marije
Oostindjer,
Gro
V
Amdam
Longevity & Healthspan 2013, 2 :2 (7 January 2013)
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Functional α 7β 2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in hippocampal interneurons exhibit high sensitivity to pathological level of amyloid β peptides
Qiang
Liu,
Yao
Huang,
Jianxin
Shen,
Scott
Steffensen,
Jie
Wu
BMC Neuroscience 2012, 13 :155 (29 December 2012)
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High-resolution deep sequencing reveals biodiversity, population structure, and persistence of HIV-1 quasispecies within host ecosystems
Li
Yin,
Li
Liu,
Yijun
Sun,
Wei
Hou,
Amanda
C
Lowe,
Brent
P
Gardner,
Marco
Salemi,
Wilton
B
Williams,
William
G
Farmerie,
John
W
Sleasman,
Maureen
M
Goodenow
Retrovirology 2012, 9 :108 (17 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Deep sequencing defines HIV-1 population complexity and structure, reveals the ebb and flow of dominant and rare viral variants in the host ecosystem, and identifies an evolutionary record of low-frequency cell-associated viral V3 variants that persist for years.
10.
Extinction learning deficit in a rodent model of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Ryan
J
Brackney,
Timothy HC
Cheung,
Katrina
Herbst,
Jade
C
Hill,
Federico
Sanabria
Behavioral and Brain Functions 2012, 8 :59 (13 December 2012)
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Multiple virtual screening approaches for finding new Hepatitis c virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors: Structure-based screens and molecular dynamics for the pursue of new poly pharmacological inhibitors
Mahmoud
ElHefnawi,
Mohammad
ElGamacy,
Mohamed
Fares
BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13 (Suppl 17):S5 (13 December 2012)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
12.
The age distribution of mortality due to influenza: pandemic and peri-pandemic
Tom
Reichert,
Gerardo
Chowell,
Jonathan
A
McCullers
BMC Medicine 2012, 10 :162 (12 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Mathematical modeling of influenza mortality rates shows that emerging virus strains are similar to those that were present previously, suggesting that mortality levels are affected by virulence and moderated by acquired immunity in older people.
13.
Local population structure of Plasmodium : impact on malaria control and elimination
Stella
M
Chenet,
Kristan
A
Schneider,
Leopoldo
Villegas,
Ananias
A
Escalante
Malaria Journal 2012, 11 :412 (11 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
This investigation explores the problem of identifying genetic markers, in this case microsatellites, to unveil Plasmodium genetic structures that could affect decisions in the context of elimination. This may have a huge impact for designing malaria control programmes.
14.
Modeling rapidly disseminating infectious disease during mass gatherings
Gerardo
Chowell,
Hiroshi
Nishiura,
Cécile
Viboud
BMC Medicine 2012, 10 :159 (7 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Gerardo Chowell and colleagues review models of infectious disease transmission at mass gatherings, and discuss factors influencing model formulation, proposing strategies for better integration with outbreak management.
15.
Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal
Sharon
E
Kessler,
Marina
Scheumann,
Leanne
T
Nash,
Elke
Zimmermann
BMC Ecology 2012, 12 :26 (30 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Analysis of the ultrasonic advertisement calls of grey mouse lemurs reveals distinct signatures among paternally related individuals, which may have evolved as a method of inbreeding avoidance by allowing females to recognize the calls of their fathers.
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Differential proteomics and physiology of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 under filament-inducing conditions
Aurélie
Crabbé,
Baptiste
Leroy,
Ruddy
Wattiez,
Abram
Aertsen,
Natalie
Leys,
Pierre
Cornelis,
Rob
Van Houdt
BMC Microbiology 2012, 12 :282 (27 November 2012)
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Alcohol beverage control, privatization and the geographic distribution of alcohol outlets
Tony
H
Grubesic,
Alan
T
Murray,
William
Pridemore,
Loni
Tabb,
Yin
Liu,
Ran
Wei
BMC Public Health 2012, 12 :1015 (21 November 2012)
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Effects of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on adaptation of multi-digit forces to object mass distribution for whole-hand manipulation
Wei
Zhang,
Jamie
A
Johnston,
Mark
A
Ross,
Brandon
J
Coakley,
Elizabeth
A
Gleason,
Amylou
C
Dueck,
Marco
Santello
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2012, 9 :83 (21 November 2012)
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The influence of climatic conditions on the transmission dynamics of the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic in Chile
Gerardo
Chowell,
Sherry
Towers,
Cécile
Viboud,
Rodrigo
Fuentes,
Viviana
Sotomayor,
Lone
Simonsen,
Mark
A
Miller,
Mauricio
Lima,
Claudia
Villarroel,
Monica
Chiu,
Jose
E
Villarroel,
Andrea
Olea
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12 :298 (13 November 2012)
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Commenting on the effects of surface treated- and non-surface treated TiO2 in the Caco-2 cell model
James
J
Faust,
Wen
Zhang,
Brian
A
Koeneman,
Yongsheng
Chen,
David
G
Capco
Particle and Fibre Toxicology 2012, 9 :42 (12 November 2012)
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Ethnicity and elevated liver transaminases among newly diagnosed children with type 2 diabetes
Omar
D
Hudson,
Martha
Nunez,
Gabriel
Q
Shaibi
BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12 :174 (7 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Hispanics adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are more likely than their African-American counterparts to have elevated alanine transaminases, suggesting that they may be at higher risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
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Rod microglia: elongation, alignment, and coupling to form trains across the somatosensory cortex after experimental diffuse brain injury
Jenna
M
Ziebell,
Samuel
E
Taylor,
Tuoxin
Cao,
Jordan
L
Harrison,
Jonathan
Lifshitz
Journal of Neuroinflammation 2012, 9 :247 (30 October 2012)
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Sharing and re-use of phylogenetic trees (and associated data) to facilitate synthesis
Arlin
Stoltzfus,
Brian
O'Meara,
Jamie
Whitacre,
Ross
Mounce,
Emily
L
Gillespie,
Sudhir
Kumar,
Dan
F
Rosauer,
Rutger
A
Vos
BMC Research Notes 2012, 5 :574 (22 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
As part of our series on data sharing Arlin Stoltzfus and colleagues call for a standardized system for handling information from phylogenetic trees, including centralized data deposition, and user friendly means of data retrieval and integration.
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Resistance to malaria in humans: the impact of strong, recent selection
Philip
W
Hedrick
Malaria Journal 2012, 11 :349 (22 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Malaria resistance genes comprise some of the most widely accepted examples of strong positive selection in humans. Overall, the original ¿malaria hypothesis¿ of Haldane that diseases like thalassaemia are polymorphisms because of resistance to malaria, has been proven correct. However, much is still to be learned about actual mechanisms of protection, other genes that confer resistance, and the population genetics of this variation.
25.
Brain imaging biomarkers for the Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative
Kewei
Chen,
Adam
S
Fleisher,
Napatkamon
Ayutyanont,
Jessica
B
Langbaum,
Richard
Caselli,
Yakeel
T
Quiroz,
Francisco
Lopera,
Pierre
N
Tariot,
Eric
M
Reiman
Journal of Translational Medicine 2012, 10 (Suppl 2):A28 (17 October 2012)
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