Launch of Conflict and Health
Conflict and Health publishes research on all aspects of the intricate relationship between conflict and health. The Editors-in-Chief, Graeme MacQueen, Edward Mills, and Sonal Singh, are supported by a multidisciplinary Editorial Board.

New supplement in BMC Bioinformatics
BMC Bioinformatics has published a new supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 1, articles from the "Italian Society of Bioinformatics (BITS): Annual Meeting
2006" (Bologna, Italy, 28–29 April 2006), edited by Rita Casadio, Manuela Helmer-Citterich and Graziano Pesole.

Looking inside living insects
BMC Biology 2007, 5:6
Sophisticated x-ray imaging techniques are revolutionizing the study of the internal workings of small living insects by providing clear visualizations of the internal anatomy in real time whilst minimising harmful effects.

Socio-economic disparities and TB control
BMC Public Health 2007, 7:19
Poverty in China reduces the likelihood that people will seek treatment for tuberculosis; treatment costs, which can amount to 45% of the annual household income, may have a significant effect on the success of TB treatment programs.

F1000 Biology - "This paper uses expression analysis to show that substantial amounts of donor-derived chromosome in knockouts crossed into standard strains remain and that these donor genes have their own, possibly untoward, effects." by Stephen Schwartz (University of Washington, USA)

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F1000 Medicine - "This study provides evidence that early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is not helpful in managing acute gallstone pancreatitis in the absence of co-existent cholangitis." by Chris Forsmark (University of Florida, USA)

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