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  • An interview with Sunil Krishnan, new co-EiC of Cancer Nanotechnology

    An interview with Sunil Krishnan, new co-EiC of Cancer Nanotechnology

    Image courtesy of Steve Curley As you can read about here, we are delighted to welcome Sunil Krishnan of MD Anderson, Tyler, Texas, as a new co-Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Nanotechnology. Sunil will join existing Editors-in-Chief Fred Currell, Dalton Cumbrian Facility, University of Manchester, UK, and Steve Curley, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances, Texas, in helping to…

  • A new EiC and new identity for Cancer Nanotechnology

    A new EiC and new identity for Cancer Nanotechnology

    There have been some exciting developments recently for Cancer Nanotechnology. In August, the journal joined the BMC family of journals, and in doing so, became a part of a brand that has been a true innovator in open access publishing since its founding in the late nineties. Itself a pioneer as a research venue at…

  • A new lease of life for bednets

    A new lease of life for bednets

    Credit: USAID/ Liberia Malaria mortality rates are estimated to have declined globally by 60% between 2000 and 2015. One of the major factors responsible for this decline was the distribution and use of bednets treated with pyrethroid–based insecticides. Insecticide-treated bednets were originally pioneered by a team based in Muheza, Tanzania, in the 1980s (see a…

  • Martin Jones talks citizen science ahead of SpotOn 18

    Martin Jones talks citizen science ahead of SpotOn 18

    One of Robert Hooke’s meticulous sketches of fleas Wikimedia Commons Observation is a key part of the scientific process. For many years significant effort was required to capture single scientific images, from meticulously hand-drawn views through a microscope (e.g. Robert Hooke’s sketches of fleas), through to photographic plates used in astronomy. These methods were all…

  • National Cat Day: Let’s celebrate personality and love

    National Cat Day: Let’s celebrate personality and love

    Inter-species companionship, such as keeping pets, is an ancient practice for humans indicating a significant value obtained from the relationship. Historically, humans demonstrated this value by sharing resources such as food and shelter with their animal companions. Today, value is reflected monetarily. One worldwide 2017 study estimate suggested that humans spent $109 billion on pet…

  • 2 for 1? Community treatment for onchocerciasis also reduces loaisis

    2 for 1? Community treatment for onchocerciasis also reduces loaisis

    Many diseases talked about in this blog rely on mass drug administration (MDA) to reduce transmission and morbidity in endemic communities. This is a public health policy that involves mapping where diseases are found and administering treatment to at-risk groups without testing for the specific disease (can be entire communities or particular groups, i.e. school-aged…

  • BMC Mechanical Engineering is now open for submissions!

    BMC Mechanical Engineering is now open for submissions!

    © microolga / Getty Images / iStock BMC Mechanical Engineering officially opened for submissions in September 2018 and is the fourth journal in the BMC series family of journals that serves communities beyond biology and medicine. The ethos of BMC Mechanical Engineering is to be open and inclusive, submissions are rigorously peer reviewed to assess scientific…

  • The green soul of the concrete jungle

    The green soul of the concrete jungle

    © phonprom / Getty Images / iStock This century will be remembered as the urban century, and our generation will be witness to the greatest migration in human history. By 2050, there will be 2.4 billion more people in cities, a rate of urban growth that is the equivalent of building a city the size…

  • How do middle-aged social drinkers perceive their alcohol consumption?

    How do middle-aged social drinkers perceive their alcohol consumption?

    © Konstantin Sutyagin / stock.adobe.com Alcohol is ubiquitous in many western countries, and most people who consume alcohol don’t have a “drinking problem” as we usually think of it – they drink socially and it has very little to no negative impact on their daily life. They have something to celebrate? Champagne. Work’s finished for…

  • Do sex differences play a role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Using big data to tackle big questions

    Do sex differences play a role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Using big data to tackle big questions

    Human Genome wall for SC99 on ornl.gov. (https://www.csm.ornl.gov/SC99/GENwall.html) Copied from en.wikipedia. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: What we know and what we don’t Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), covers a wide spectrum of liver pathology that are not caused by alcohol consumption, spanning from fat accumulation in the liver (steatosis), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular…