Past winners

Medicine Shortlist

Esophageal Doppler-guided fluid management decreases blood lactate levels in multiple-trauma patients: a randomized controlled trial Ivan Chytra, Richard Pradl, Roman Bosman, Petr Pelnar, Eduard Kasal and Alexandra Zidkova Critical Care 2007, 11:R24

HIV-1 prevalence and factors associated with infection in the conflict-affected region of North Uganda Massimo Fabiani, Barbara Nattabi, Chiara Pierotti, Filippo Ciantia, Alex A Opio, Joshua Musinguzi, Emingtone O Ayella and Silvia Declich Conflict and Health 2007, 1:3

Endometrial regenerative cells: A novel stem cell population Xiaolong Meng, Thomas E Ichim, Jie Zhong, Andrea Rogers, Zhenglian Yin, James Jackson, Hao Wang, Wei Ge, Vladimir Bogin, Kyle W Chan, Bernard Thebaud and Neil H Riordan Journal of Translational Medicine 2007, 5:57

Malaria mosquito control using edible fish in western Kenya: preliminary findings of a controlled study Annabel FV Howard, Guofa Zhou and Francois X Omlin BMC Public Health 2007, 7:199

Biology Shortlist

Dynamic rerouting of the carbohydrate flux is key to counteracting oxidative stress Markus Ralser, Mirjam M Wamelink, Axel Kowald, Birgit Gerisch, Gino Heeren, Eduard A Struys, Edda Klipp, Cornelis Jakobs, Michael Breitenbach, Hans Lehrach and Sylvia Krobitsch Journal of Biology 2007, 6:10

Evolution favors protein mutational robustness in sufficiently large populations Jesse D Bloom, Zhongyi Lu, David Chen, Alpan Raval, Ophelia S Venturelli and Frances H Arnold BMC Biology 2007, 5:29

Cerebellum morphogenesis: the foliation pattern is orchestrated by multi-cellular anchoring centers Anamaria Sudarov and Alexandra L Joyner Neural Development 2007, 2:26

JMCR Award Shortlist

Minocycline-induced hypersensitivity syndrome presenting with meningitis and brain edema: a case report Nicolas Lefebvre, Emmanuel Forestier, David Farhi, Veronique Remy, Olivier Lesens, Mahsa Mohseni Zadeh, Daniel Christmann and Yves Hansmann Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:22

A new syndrome with growth-hormone secreting pituitary adenoma, colonic polyposis, lipomatosis, lentigines and renal carcinoma in association with familial testicular germ cell malignancy: A case report Phuong L Mai, Larissa Korde, Joan Kramer, June Peters, Christine M Mueller, Susan Pfeiffer, Constantine A Stratakis, Peter A Pinto, Gennady Bratslavsky, Maria Merino, Peter Choyke, W. Marston Linehan and Mark H Greene Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:9

Reactive arthritis developing after pneumococcal conjunctivitis: a case report Amit S Verma and Dorian Dwarika Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:2

Medicine Shortlist

Breast asymmetry and predisposition to breast cancer Diane Scutt Breast Cancer Research 2006, 8:R14

The role of body mass index and diabetes in the development of acute organ failure and subsequent mortality in an observational cohort Katarina Slynkova Critical Care 2006, 10:R137

Grey matter changes can improve the prediction of schizophrenia in subjects at high risk Dominic Job BMC Medicine 2006, 4:29

PRISM (Program of Resources, Information and Support for Mothers): a community-randomised trial to reduce depression and improve women's physical health six months after birth Judith Lumley BMC Public Health 2006, 6:37

Biology Shortlist

A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell Daniel J. Jackson BMC Biology 2006, 4:40

A phyloclimatic study of Cyclamen Chris Yesson and Alastair Culham BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:72

RNA editing of human microRNAs Matthew J. Blow Genome Biology 2006, 7:R27

High-resolution quantitative imaging of mammalian and bacterial cells using stable isotope mass spectrometry Claude Lechene Journal of Biology 2006, 5:20