In a piece reflecting on this month’s PLOS Genetics issue image, author Zhengquan Yu discusses the research behind Yuan et al. Author…
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Biology Understanding images: microRNAs contribute to hair loss and follicle regressionRead more
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Advocacy New Charges of Climate Skeptic’s Undisclosed Ties to Energy Industry Highlight Journals’ Role as GatekeeperRead more
In theory, it shouldn’t matter where authors of scientific papers get their research funding, a longtime journal editor once told me. Papers…
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Debate Suffering for Science: Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Animal ResearchRead more
Think for a moment, if you will, of all the chemicals that you conscientiously and unconsciously are exposed to everyday. Banal, daily-life…
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Cancer Convex Clustering and Synaptic Restructuring: the PLOS CB May IssueRead more
Here are some highlights from May’s PLOS Computational Biology Convex Clustering: An Attractive Alternative to Hierarchical Clustering The recently developed method…
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Blog Deep Reads: John Bryant reflects on a book that inspired his researchRead more
The fourth of our Deep Reads blog posts is written by John Bryant, a Professor Emeritus of Cell and Molecular Biology at…
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Genetics FASEB Conference on Genetic Recombination and Genome Rearrangements: Michael LichtenRead more
As part of its mission to encourage engagement within the genetics community, PLOS Genetics is sponsoring a number of conferences and meetings this year…
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Biology How it Works: the PLOS Computational Biology April IssueRead more
Here are some highlights from April’s PLOS Computational Biology How We Hear Time within Sound How does our auditory system represent…
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Biology Restoring vision with a new optogenetic toolRead more
Millions of people worldwide suffer from progressive degeneration of the eye’s photoreceptors (the light-sensing cells), leading ultimately to blindness. A recent therapeutic…
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Biology Stressed to Death: Overcoming Drug Resistance in Malaria ParasitesRead more
In recent decades the burden of malaria has greatly decreased. This is the result of both successful public health initiatives and widespread…
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In June 2015 PLOS Computational Biology will be ten years old, and as part of our celebrations, we’d like you to help…
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Biology Tumor evolution and microbial forensics: the PLOS Comp Biol March IssueRead more
Here are some highlights from March’s PLOS Computational Biology Spatial Heterogeneity in Drug Concentrations Acquired resistance is one of the major…
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Blog Deep Reads: Daisy Hessenberger’s evolving perspective on Gerald Durrell’s booksRead more
Our third Deep Reads blog post, ‘Deep Reads: Daisy Hessenberger’s evolving perspective on Gerald Durrell’s books’, was written by Daisy Hessenberger, who…