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		Wednesday 14th September 2011

BioMed Central has released a list of speakers for Open Access Africa 2011 which includes representatives from Google, Pan African Medical Journal and BMJ. Presentations and speaker-panels will discuss open access in an African context, with specific focus on libraries, technology and funding issues. A half-day workshop will be provided by English language editing company Edanz, to introduce their training program and online materials designed to address publishing challenges faced by non-native English speakers.

		Hepatitis C treatment gets personal: predicting drug response Recently published in Genome Medicine, David Booth and colleagues use a powerful sequencing approach to identify variants that can predict failure to respond to hepatitis C therapy. Their findings could help to optimize treatment options for hepatitis C.
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		Clinical Epigenetics now accepting submissions Editor-in-Chief: Ulrich Mahlknecht Clinical Epigenetics, soon to be published as a fully open access journal with BioMed Central, is now accepting submissions. Edited by Professor Ulrich Mahlknecht, the journal welcomes manuscripts relating to all aspects of epigenetic principles and mechanisms, as well as reports on defects of epigenetic regulation, in relation to human disease, diagnosis and therapy.
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		Environmental Evidence now accepting submissions Editor-in-Chief: Andrew Pullin Environmental Evidence aims to facilitate rapid publication of systematic reviews and evidence syntheses on the effectiveness of environmental management interventions and on the impact of human activities on the environment and is the official journal of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence.
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		Archives of Public Health now accepting submissions Editors-in-chief: Herman Van Oyen and Olivier Bruyère Archives of Public Health aims to contribute to public health knowledge, enhancing the interaction between research, policy and practice and stimulating public health monitoring and indicator development, with a specific focus on the better understanding of the health of populations. The official journal of the Belgian Public Health Association, it is further supported by a grant of the Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment.
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New supplements

		BMC Pharmacology has published the abstracts of the 17th Scientific Symposium of the Austrian Pharmacological Society (APHAR) Innsbruck, Austria. 29-30 September 2011
		BMC Proceedings has published the abstracts of the IUFRO Tree Biotechnology Conference 2011: From Genomes to Integration and Delivery Arraial d’Ajuda, Bahia, Brazil. 26 June - 2 July 2011


		Mannose-binding lectin deficiency with eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in children: a case series Barbara Padilla-Docal, Alberto J Dorta-Contreras, Raisa Bu-Coifiu-Fanego, Rene H Martinez-Alderete, Olga Susana De Paula-Almeida, Hansotto Reiber and Jens Christian Jensenius Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:330
For the first time mannose-binding lectin deficiency has been reported in association with eosinophilic meningitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis, contributing to the understanding of the development of this emerging infectious disease.

• Calories and epigenetics in the control of aging
Tollefsbol and colleagues review the evidence for the effect of epigenetic regulation in response to caloric restriction and how it might contribute to clinical advances in treatment and prevention of human aging-associated disease.

• No evidence for modern-day "smoker's paradox"
"Smoker's paradox", the phenomenon of smokers having lower mortality risk after acute coronary syndrome than non-smokers, was originally observed about two decades ago, however, treatment advances, including routine early invasive management, mean this phenomenon no longer holds true.

		Review Epigenetic regulation of caloric restriction in aging Yuanyuan Li, Michael Daniel, Trygve Tollefsbol BMC Medicine 2011, 9:98

		Research article The "smoker's paradox" in patients with acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review Erlend Aune, Jo Roislien, Mariann Mathisen, Dag S Thelle, Jan Erik Otterstad BMC Medicine 2011, 9:97

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Globalization of Alzheimer's disease clinical trials
Jeffrey Cummings, Robert Reynders, Kate Zhong
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2011, 3:24 (17 August 2011)

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A quantitative account of genomic island acquisitions in prokaryotes
Tom E Roos and Mark WJ van Passel
BMC Genomics 2011, 12:427 (24 August 2011)
The origin of gene clusters acquired by horizontal transfer in prokaryotes.

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