PLoS Computational Biology
hidePLoS Computational Biology is an open-access computational biology journal published by the nonprofit organization Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).
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New research suggests how low doses of radiation can cause heart disease and stroke
Oct 23, 2009 |
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A mathematical model constructed by researchers at Imperial College London predicts the risk of cardiovascular disease (heart attacks, stroke) associated with low background levels of radiation. The model shows that the ...
Control of mosquito vectors of malaria may be enhanced by a new method of biocontrol
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Biopesticides containing a fungus that is pathogenic to mosquitoes may be an effective means of reducing malaria transmission, particularly if used in combination with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), according to a modelling ...
Web page ranking algorithm detects critical species in ecosystems
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Google's algorithm for ranking web-pages can be used to determine which species are critical for sustaining ecosystems. Drs. Stefano Allesina and Mercedes Pascual find that "PageRank" can be applied to the study of food webs, ...
Milk drinking started around 7,500 years ago in central Europe
Aug 28, 2009 |
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The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College ...
Bats recognize the individual voices of other bats
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a study by researchers from the University of Tuebingen, Germany and the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz, Germany. The ...
Ancestor of HIV in primates may be surprisingly young
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 01, 2009 |
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The ancestors of the simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) that jumped from chimpanzees and monkeys, and ignited the HIV/AIDS pandemic in humans, have been dated to just a few centuries ago. These ages are substantially ...
Researchers Build World's Largest Disease Association Network
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you suffer from hypertension, how much does your risk for developing diabetes or other illnesses increase? Medical experts have long known that many diseases are related to one another, ...
Novel method predicts impact of a covert anthrax release
Apr 10, 2009 |
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A new statistical method that can estimate the origin and time of an aerosolized release of the pathogen causing anthrax, following detection of the first few cases has been developed by researchers from the Medical Research ...
Face recognition: the eyes have it
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Our brain extracts important information for face recognition principally from the eyes, and secondly from the mouth and nose, according to a new study from a researcher at the University of Barcelona. This result, published ...
Yeast biology yields insights into human knowledge expansion
Mar 20, 2009 |
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How does human knowledge expand over time? Intriguing as the question is, it's not easy to investigate, due to the difficulty of measuring knowledge and its spread.
The human brain is on the edge of chaos
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Cambridge-based researchers provide new evidence that the human brain lives "on the edge of chaos", at a critical transition point between randomness and order. The study, published March 20 in the open-access ...
Can monkeys choose optimally when faced with noisy stimuli and unequal rewards?
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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Even when faced with distractions, monkeys are able to consistently choose the path of greatest reward, according to a study conducted by researchers from Princeton and Stanford Universities.
Voluntary vaccination programs shown effective for some diseases
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Feb 06, 2009 |
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"Conventional wisdom - and conventional theory - tells us that when infection can potentially be spread to almost everyone in a community, such as for measles, a disease outbreak can never be contained using voluntary vaccination," ...
Digital communication technology helps clear path to personalized therapies
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have shown that search algorithms used in digital communications can help scientists identify effective multi-drug combinations. The study, led by Giovanni ...
