Medical research
Computer kidney could provide safer tests for new medications
A University of Waterloo researcher has spearheaded the development of the first computational model of the human kidney.
Mar 11, 2019
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PLoS Computational Biology
PLoS Computational Biology is a peer-reviewed computational biology journal established in 2005 and published by the nonprofit Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computational Biology. Its Editor in Chief is Philip Bourne. All articles are open access and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. The journal is well-known beyond its core field for its Ten Simple Rules series of articles that capture the essence of selected aspects of research in computational biology or in science more generally, e.g. how to present a poster, how to collaborate, or how to edit Wikipedia. Due to their free licensing, files from PLoS Computational Biology can be reused in places other than the journal s website, e.g. to illustrate Wikipedia articles.
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Country
- United States
- History
- 2005–present
- Impact factor
- 5.759 (2009)
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study on measles transmission in China have implications for controlling the epidemic worldwide
A new study on the measles epidemic in China has far-reaching implications for eliminating the infection globally, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Using a new model-inference ...
Feb 15, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
In analyzing a scene, we make the easiest judgments first
Psychology researchers who have hypothesized that we classify scenery by following some order of cognitive priorities may have been overlooking something simpler. New evidence suggests that the fastest categorizations our ...
Sep 03, 2015
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Neuroscience
Faced with decisions, humans may be wired to say, 'no'
We may cave in to peer pressure, marketing and persuasion, but faced with decisions, the default response programmed into our brains is to say "no", a recent study suggests.
May 27, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop novel theoretical approach to reduce antibiotic resistance
It is estimated that each year in the United States 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to one or more types of antibiotics, and at least 23,000 people will die because of these infections. This ...
Oct 09, 2015
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Cancer
'Big Data' used to identify new cancer driver genes
In a collaborative study led by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), researchers have combined two publicly available 'omics' databases to create a new catalogue of 'cancer drivers'. Cancer drivers are ...
Oct 20, 2015
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Neuroscience
In search of memory storage
The hippocampus plays a crucial role in memory formation. However, it is not yet fully understood in what way that brain structure's individual regions are involved in the formation of memories. Neuroscientists at the Collaborative ...
Jun 03, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rapidly assessing the next influenza pandemic
Influenza pandemics are potentially the most serious natural catastrophes that affect the human population. New findings published in PLOS Computational Biology suggest that with both timely and accurate data and sophisticated ...
Sep 24, 2015
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Genetics
New GTEx findings show how DNA differences influence gene activity, disease susceptibility
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project have created a new and much-anticipated data resource to help establish how differences in an individual's genomic make-up ...
May 07, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computer model forecasts flu outbreaks in a subtropical climate
Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the School of Public Health of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong have shown for the first time that it is possible to predict ...
Jul 30, 2015
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