Libertas Academica: October 2011

We're pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 17 external indexes and directories that Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
SCOPUS
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Forthcoming Articles For November 2011

These articles were announced as commencing production during the month of October 2011:

Air, Soil and Water Research

Syrian Water Resources between the Present and the Future

Analytical Chemistry Insights

Development and validation of spectrophotometric, atomic absorption and kinetic methods for determination of moxifloxacin hydrochloride

Biochemistry Insights

Bioremediation of Benzophenone by Glycosylation with Immobilized Marine Microalga and Plant Cells

Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights

Growth Differentiation Factor 5 (GDF-5) Induces Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) Expression in Periodontal Ligament Cells and Modulates MMP-2 and MMP-13 Activity in Osteoblasts

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research

The possible impact of obesity on Androgen, progesterone and estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) gene expression in breast cancer patients

Cancer Informatics

Discrimination of Carcinogens by Hepatic Transcript Profiling in Rats Following 28-day Administration

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports

The apparent and the effective PR interval, Insights for cardiac pacing: the surgeon or the electrophysiologist

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

An unusual cause of Acute Hypercapneic Respiratory Failure

Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics

Managing insomnia in the elderly patient

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Survival of Patients with Squamous Cell Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract

Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics

Safety and efficacy of intravenous clevidipine for the perioperative control of acute hypertension.

Cognitive enhancers in moderate to severe Alzheimers Disease

Ezogabine for the adjunctive treatment of partial onset seizures in adults with epilepsy

Drug Target Insights

Predictors of Virologic Failure in HIV/AIDS Patients Treated with Higly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Brasília, Brazil during 2002-2008

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

On the Interplay between the Evolvability and Network Robustness in an Evolutionary Biological Network: A Systems Biology Approach

ColorPhylo: A colour code to accurately display taxonomic classifications

Japanese Clinical Medicine

Further Possible Mechanisms of Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 Inhibitors to Decrease Blood Glucose in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

Nutrition and Metabolic Insights

Effects of Acute Caffeinated Coffee Consumption on Energy Utilization Related to Glucose and Lipid Oxidation from Short Submaximal Treadmill Exercise in Sedentary Men

Open Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Prevalence and Predisposing factors of first onset of Atrial fibrillation in multi ethnic society: the impact of racial difference in Bahrain

Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases

A European perspective on topical ophthalmic anti-infectives: current and evolving options

Particle Physics Insights

The Neutron Hypothesis: Derivation of Planck Time and the Newtonian Constant of Gravity from the Subatomic Properties of a Neutron and Hydrogen

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Forthcoming Articles 24 - 28 October 2011

Libertas is pleased to announce that during the week 24 – 28 October 2011 production commenced for the following articles

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports

The apparent and the effective PR interval, Insights for cardiac pacing: the surgeon or the electrophysiologist

Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics

Safety and efficacy of intravenous clevidipine for the perioperative control of acute hypertension.

Cognitive enhancers in moderate to severe Alzheimers Disease

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

On the Interplay between the Evolvability and Network Robustness in an Evolutionary Biological Network: A Systems Biology Approach

Nutrition and Metabolic Insights

Effects of Acute Caffeinated Coffee Consumption on Energy Utilization Related to Glucose and Lipid Oxidation from Short Submaximal Treadmill Exercise in Sedentary Men

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Cell Communication Insights Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr Tobias Schmid, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Cell Communication Insights. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, OAlster, Open J-Gate, Socolar, EBSCO A-Z, HINARI, JournalSeek, OAJSE, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

All authors receive a comprehensive and fair peer review within just three weeks of submission. We make it as easy as possible for reviewers to do their work and ensure that they provide us with a fair, balanced and constructive assessment. This saves you time and means that their expert comments will help you to improve your work.

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Cell Communication Insights is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Cell Communication Insights have been viewed 33,674 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

On acceptance of your manuscript, Libertas’ efficient and user-friendly interface will guide you through the production process. Your paper will be published as soon as it is ready. We also offer copy editing, figure creation and provisional PDF publication services.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

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Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 15 external indexes that Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics is included in:

EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
SCOPUS
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Biomarker Insights Unofficial Impact Factor Update

The unofficial impact factor for Biomarker Insights was recently updated. It’s unofficial impact factor is 1.048.

Unofficial impact factors are estimated based on the number of articles and citations in a journal, and are usually higher for serials which have been publishing for a longer time. For a journal only established in 2007, an unofficial impact factor this high is very impressive.

Biomarker Insights' respectable unofficial impact factor was made possible by the fact that it is open access, meaning all articles are available online for anyone to read and download for free.

The widely respected editorial board and high quality peer review process have also helped to increase the number of citations and article views for Biomarker Insights.

All articles published in Biomarker Insights will benefit from high readership and citation rates backed up by the journal’s high unofficial impact factor.

This achievement for such a new journal was made possible by the extensive visibility we have established for Biomarker Insights, indexing it in:

Pubmed
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EMBase
EMBiology
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Pubmed Central
SCOPUS
Socolar

Visit the Biomarker Insights homepage and view the Editor in Chief’s calls for papers here

Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 13 external indexes that Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Cell Biology Insights Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr Jianping Xu, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Cell Biology Insights. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Index Copernicus, OAlster, Open J-Gate, EBSCO A-Z, HINARI, JournalSeek, OAJSE, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Cell Biology Insights is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Cell Biology Insights have been viewed 36,169 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

See New Articles Published In Cell & Tissue Transplantation & Therapy on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Cell & Tissue Transplantation & Therapy that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

Authors whose articles include suitable figures or photographs will have an image from their article and the article link displayed on the Libertas Tumblr blog*. This will give the article increased online visibility.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr was founded in 2007 with the aim to be easy to use and allow high quality videos and photographs to be easily uploaded and viewed. Since then it has been highly successful, breaking into the top 10 most popular social media sites.

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

Tumblr is unlike other social media because it focuses on vision and sound posts instead of text. Almost all posts on Tumblr include a photograph, drawing, video, or auditory clip. This makes Tumblr an ideal medium for Libertas to promote new articles that feature unusual and appealing images.

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*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

International Journal of Insect Science on EBSCO Academic Search Complete

We're pleased to announce that International Journal of Insect Science is now indexed by EBSCO Academic Search Complete and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas is working constantly to increase visibility for all the journals we publish. We index with EBSCO because it is one of America’s largest and most widely-used indexing services, indexing well over 3 million articles and 300,000 journals. EBSCO databases are used in over 50,000 research libraries.

Indexing International Journal of Insect Science with EBSCO Academic Search Complete increases the visibility of articles published in International Journal of Insect Science, which is listed in:

CAB Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Socolar
Zoological Record
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Ulrich's Periodicals

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Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Uninvited reviews can be on any topic within the scope of the journal, and can be read by any of your colleagues throughout the world without restriction. All manuscripts are subject to blind peer review and independent editorial decision-making, as well as all of our standard author services.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

CAB Abstracts
CABI Global Health
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Socolar

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Microbiology Insights on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Microbiology Insights is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Microbiology Insights to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 14 external indexes that Microbiology Insights is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Microbiology Insights homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights Unofficial Impact Factor Update

The unofficial impact factor for Bioinformatics and Biology Insights was recently updated by. It’s unofficial impact factor is 1.809.

Unofficial Impact factors are estimated based on the number of articles and citations in a journal, and are usually higher for serials which have been publishing for a longer time. For a journal only established in 2007, an unofficial impact factor this high is very impressive.

Bioinformatics and Biology Insights's respectable unofficial impact factor was made possible by the fact that it is open access, meaning all articles are available online for anyone to read and download for free.

The widely respected editorial board and high quality peer review process have also helped to increase the number of citations and article views for Bioinformatics and Biology Insights.

All articles published in Bioinformatics and Biology Insights will benefit from high readership and citation rates backed up by the journal’s high unofficial impact factor.

This achievement for such a new journal was made possible by the extensive visibility we have established for Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, indexing it in:

Pubmed
CAB Abstracts
CABI Global Health
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Pubmed Central
SCOPUS
Socolar

Visit the Bioinformatics and Biology Insights homepage and view the Editor in Chief’s calls for papers here

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr Martin LeWinter, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: Pubmed, Chemical Abstracts Service, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, EBSCO CINAHL Complete, EMBase, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Intute, OAlster, Open J-Gate, Pubmed Central, SCOPUS, Socolar, EBSCO A-Z, HINARI, OAJSE, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology have been viewed 278,752 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 14 external indexes that Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Clinical Medicine Insights: Ear, Nose and Throat homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

See New Articles Published In Cancer Growth and Metastasis on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Cancer Growth and Metastasis that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

Visit the Libertas Academica Tumblr blog and follow us if you have a Tumblr account

*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

CAB Abstracts
CABI Global Health
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 11 external indexes that Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
SCOPUS
Socolar

Visit the Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Celebrating Open Access Week

Open Access week is an annual event taking place from the 24th – 28th October.

Publishing open access has been celebrated and publicised during this week for the past 5 years, with the idea being to educate people about the benefits of open access, and to raise awareness in the scientific community.

Open access week is an international event, with events and activities taking place in over 100 countries, with more than 2,000 participants getting involved. The week is organised by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and will be publicised by libraries, institutions and universities the world over.

Open access was made possible with the creation of the internet, and since then has been steadily growing in popularity. Compared to traditional subscription journals, open access is a very new idea, so not enough readers and authors are aware of the quality and availability of open access journals and publishers. During the week of 24th to 28th October, academics and supporters the world over will be raising awareness for the potential of open access publishing.

The purpose of open access is to have educational material available for everyone to read, print, download, and distribute free of charge. All access barriers to the work are purposely removed, and copyright does not apply unless the work is used in further research.

Benefits of open access for authors include:

A higher rate of citations for your article
Greater online visibility for your work
Faster publication speed in journals
A wider availability of knowledge for further research

Readers also benefit from open access as they can download and read as many articles they like, without paying anything or being in any way restricted.

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
OAJSE
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology Reader Profile: Dr Peter Sumba

Tell us about where you work. What do you do there, and who do you work with?

I work for a medical research organization called ‘Kenya Medical Research Institute’. I am based at the Centre for Global health, in Kisumu city on the shores of Lake Victoria.

I have been involved in medical research and teaching for the last thirty years. In that time I have collaborated with international groups like CDC Kenya, Waltereed Army Research, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), State University of New York (SUNY), University of Massachusetts (UMASS), University of Minnesota (UMN) and Ministry Of Health for Kenya.

What are your primary areas of research? What are your aims in these areas?

My research focus has been on clinical malaria & chemotherapy responses, malaria vector behaviour & use of chemical impregnated materials, eave based curtains and sisal strands, indoor residual spraying as control tools, and bio-assays for evaluation of chemical specificity. I have also evaluated the impact of malaria exposure on endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) (childhood cancer) in western Kenya. I conducted this research because of the common presence of malaria parasites and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) in the eBL tumors in this region. The two agents have not proved to be sole etiological managers of this disease.

Lately my research has included GPX selenium, a selenoprotein whose deficiency is associated with increased oxidative stress, increased EBV and high malaria parasites. The study aims to understand the role of malaria and selenium in the process leading to DNA changes and subsequent tumor development. It is our hypothesis that frequent maternal exposure to malaria in areas with reduced dietary selenium intake has the consequences of intrauterine foetal birth restriction and poor gene pool development.

The rural Kenyan population are further exposed to poor environment conditions associated with anthropogenic activities, agrichemicals, firewood smoke and other fossil fuels which expose the foetus to gases like polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). All this may contribute to the multistep development of cancer in the sub-population, which is what I would like to research in future.

What contributions have you made to these areas so far? What is the broader importance of your contributions to these areas?

The outcome of our work can be seen in many of my publications. Recently we demonstrated that GPX selenium and malnutrition affects the EBV and malaria densities in the eBL high risk area. This study was published in the British journal of cancer in 2010.

I am also working on a manuscript to outline the role of other micronutrient antioxidants in the spatial distribution of eBL in the region. The outcome can be supportive in disease prevention through supplementation of selenium or any key antioxidants.

What directions do you expect your research in these areas to take in the near future?

I am planning evaluations of: selenium species and their levels in expectant mothers, heavy metals from soil around specified residential areas, crop sampling, and monitoring of nutrition transition. This should give us an idea of what is in the environment and how that affects the population when they are exposed to it.

What do you consider to be the most important recent developments in your areas of research?

One of the key developments in my research is teaming up with other researchers from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda under the banner EMBLEM (epidemiology of Burkitt lymphoma in East African Children and Minors). The forum will provide room to understand the bio-availability of different biomarkers in populations who may be exposed to different environmental aggressors, food and possible genetic profiling.

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Get The Latest Updates By Following Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research on Twitter

Libertas Academica has been using Twitter since February 2010 to benefit readers and authors.

As a reader, by following Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research on Twitter you will be notified about new articles in your field of expertise, calls for papers, editorial announcements, and any other important updates for the journal.

We post on Twitter within minutes of a paper being published so Twitter followers are the first people to view new articles.

For authors our Twitter services offer your article even greater visibility. Libertas Academica uses Twitter because it’s visibility and popularity gives us the opportunity to inform thousands of people about new articles published.

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Twitter is one of the most popular and user-friendly social media sites on the internet.

By following Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research on Twitter, you can receive e-mail, SMS and website notifications of new articles and other important updates.

We make sure that readers are kept up to date with the latest news and publications for all of our journals, and can reach over 7,000 Twitter subscribers.

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Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr William C S Cho, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: Pubmed, Chemical Abstracts Service, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Intute, OAlster, Open J-Gate, Pubget, Pubmed Central, SCOPUS, Socolar, EBSCO A-Z, HINARI, JournalSeek, OAJSE, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology have been viewed 396,207 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

See New Articles Published In Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

Visit the Libertas Academica Tumblr blog and follow us if you have a Tumblr account

*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Trauma and Intensive Medicine is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

CAB Abstracts
CABI Global Health
Chemical Abstracts Service
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

See New Articles Published In Cell Biology Insights on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Cell Biology Insights that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

Visit the Libertas Academica Tumblr blog and follow us if you have a Tumblr account

*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Forthcoming Articles 17 - 21 October 2011

Libertas is pleased to announce that during the week 17 – 21 October 2011 production commenced for the following articles:

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research

The possible impact of obesity on Androgen, progesterone and estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) gene expression in breast cancer patients

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Survival of Patients with Squamous Cell Malignancies of the Upper Urinary Tract

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

ColorPhylo: A colour code to accurately display taxonomic classifications

Japanese Clinical Medicine

Further Possible Mechanisms of Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 Inhibitors to Decrease Blood Glucose in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

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Prompt Processing in Open Access Journals

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Dr Stone from the University of Glasgow in Scotland writes about publishing with Libertas: "I was delighted with the speed and efficiency with which my paper was processed. The friendly and personal communications with editorial staff also made the experience extremely pleasant and easy."

We deliver the first editorial decision to you, including expert peer reviews, within just a few weeks of your article submission. We manage this efficiently so that you don't have to trouble yourself dealing with anyone else until a final decision is made, and all peer reviews are ready for you. Once the Editor in Chief or Associate Editor has compiled the reviews and made a decision we send it all to you immediately so you will never be waiting needlessly for the decision.

Dr Trottier from the University of Toronto said "The process of submitting the paper was smooth with little time required on the author's behalf. Reviews were prompt and the process of addressing reviewer comments was very streamlined."

Our author editing process is especially designed to be easy to use, and allows you to make changes to your submission with minimal time and effort. Your corrections go straight to the typesetters instead of having to pass through us first. This eliminates the middle-person and streamlines the process potentially saving you days of waiting.

Dr Helmy from the Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Egypt said "This is the most author-friendly editing process I have experienced. The publishing process of this journal was a most pleasant and productive experience and it was fast and convenient."

Many authors who work with other publisher before they work with Libertas comment on how fast our service is. Our workflow software was designed so that the author has all the resources they need in one place on the website, rather than having to spend time waiting for e-mails. This special design gives you as the author the opportunity to make the publication process as fast as you like.

Dr Zaretsky from Tel Aviv University in Israel said "As an author of a review published in Translational Oncogenomics, I was impressed by the prompt processing and speed of publication."

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Articles Published 17 - 21 October 2011

These articles were published in the week of 17 - 21 October 2011:

Biochemistry Insights

Bioremediation of Benzophenone by Glycosylation with Immobilized Marine Microalga Chrysocampanulla spinifera and Amphidinium crassum

Cancer Informatics

Improved Statistical Analysis for Array CGH-Based DNA Copy Number Aberrations

Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

Roflumilast, a Novel Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitor, for COPD Patients with a History of Exacerbations

Sleep Insufficiency, Sleep Health Problems and Performance in High School Students

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Management Options in Advanced Prostate Cancer: What is the Role for Sipuleucel-T?

Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics

Early Mitoxantrone-Induced Cardiotoxicity Detected in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Ezogabine for the Adjunctive Treatment of Partial Onset Seizures in Adults with Epilepsy

Clinical Medicine Reviews in Oncology

Denosumab as Bone Modifying Therapy in Solid Tumors

Environmental Health Insights

Economic Aspects of Sanitation in Developing Countries

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Characterization and Inference of Gene Gain/Loss Along Burkholderia Evolutionary History

Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases

Severe Acute Endogenous Endophthalmitis with Staphylococcus Epidermidis in a Systemically Well Patient

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Japanese Clinical Medicine on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Japanese Clinical Medicine is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Japanese Clinical Medicine to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the list of 5 external indexes that Japanese Clinical Medicine is included in:

EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
EBSCO A-Z
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Japanese Clinical Medicine homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

New SCImago Journal Ranking for Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Libertas is pleased to announce that Evolutionary Bioinformatics has recently been given a SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) ranking of 0.4.

In addition to the SJR ranking, SCImago also calculated that articles published in Evolutionary Bioinformatics receive and average of 3.12 cites each, totalling 106 cites for the journal since 2007.

The SJR Ranking system is similar to impact factors in that it calculates the level of online visibility for journals, but different as each of them are calculated based on different information. The ranking is calculated for all journals indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus database using the Google PageRank algorithm. Ranking was first done in 1996, but seeing as Evolutionary Bioinformatics is a relatively new journal, it has only recently been ranked.

The benefit of this ranking for authors is that they can see which journals have high online visibility and citation rate, so they know which journals to publish in to get the highest readership and exposure. The ranking for Evolutionary Bioinformatics is especially impressive given how new the journal is, and shows that Libertas’ journals include many high quality papers, and receive high online visibility.

View the Evolutionary Bioinformatics Editor in Chief’s call for papers

Biomedical Informatics Insights Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, John P. Pestian, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Biomedical Informatics Insights. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, OAlster, Open J-Gate, Pubget, Socolar, EBSCO A-Z, JournalSeek, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Biomedical Informatics Insights is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Biomedical Informatics Insights have been viewed 97,790 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

Advances in Tumor Virology on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Advances in Tumor Virology is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Advances in Tumor Virology to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 7 external indexes that Advances in Tumor Virology is included in:

EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
JournalSeek
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Advances in Tumor Virology homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Thursday, October 20, 2011

New SCImago Journal Ranking for Cancer Informatics

Libertas is pleased to announce that Cancer Informatics has recently been given a SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) ranking of 0.23.

In addition to the SJR ranking, SCImago also calculated that articles published in Cancer Informatics receive and average of 1.35 cites each, totalling 129 cites for the journal since 2007.

The SJR Ranking system is similar to impact factors in that it calculates the level of online visibility for journals, but different as each of them are calculated based on different information. The ranking is calculated for all journals indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus database using the Google PageRank algorithm. Ranking was first done in 1996, but seeing as Cancer Informatics is a relatively new journal, it has only recently been ranked.

The benefit of this ranking for authors is that they can see which journals have high online visibility and citation rate, so they know which journals to publish in to get the highest readership and exposure. The ranking for Cancer Informatics is especially impressive given how new the journal is, and shows that Libertas’ journals include many high quality papers, and receive high online visibility.

View the Cancer Informatics Editor in Chief’s call for papers

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Pediatrics is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community.

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 12 external indexes that Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
Google Scholar
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
HINARI
JournalSeek
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Ophthalmology and Eye Diseases homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Biomarkers in Cancer Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr Barbara Guinn, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Biomarkers in Cancer. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: Chemical Abstracts Service, Directory of Open Access Journals, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, Socolar
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Biomarkers in Cancer is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Biomarkers in Cancer have been viewed 41,506 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

See New Articles Published In Biochemistry Insights on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Biochemistry Insights that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

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Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Pathology is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

Pubmed
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
EBSCO CINAHL Complete
EMBase
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubmed Central
SCOPUS
Socolar

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 7 external indexes that Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Index Copernicus
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Biomedical Engineering and Computational Biology homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in:

Pubmed
Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Intute
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Pubmed Central
SCOPUS
Socolar

For authors wishing to purchase copies of their published article, reprint services are available.

Learn more about preparing your uninvited review for submission here

Read what your colleagues say about publishing in our journals here

Biomedical Informatics Insights on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Biomedical Informatics Insights is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Biomedical Informatics Insights to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 12 external indexes that Biomedical Informatics Insights is included in:

Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
OAlster
Open J-Gate
Pubget
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
JournalSeek
Pubshub
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Biomedical Informatics Insights homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights Call For Papers

The Editor in Chief, Dr Kerstin Rolfe, is pleased to announce a new call for papers for Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights. Submissions are being accepted now.

All authors who submit their manuscripts to Libertas will benefit from:

Convenient 3-step online manuscript submission
No space restrictions or color figure charges
Optional immediate publication on acceptance
Inclusion of your article in: EBSCO Academic Search Complete, Google Scholar, Index Copernicus, OAlster, Open J-Gate, Socolar, EBSCO A-Z, HINARI, JournalSeek, Pubshub, Ulrich's Periodicals
High readership and impact
Fast constructive peer review
Professional author service

Libertas staff will provide you with frequent updates on your submission by email or through your My LA user account. Staff are even available for you to chat live with on our instant chat service.

Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights is designed to provide high visibility for your paper. Since 2007, articles in Bone and Tissue Regeneration Insights have been viewed 41,411 times. To maximise your paper’s visibility, your article will be announced on Twitter, Tumblr, RSS, LinkedIn, BlogSpot, Facebook, and by email newsletters.

The submission process takes under two minutes and processing will commence on the same day.

Click here to commence the submission process now

See New Articles Published In Analytical Chemistry Insights on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published in Analytical Chemistry Insights that contain interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

Visit the Libertas Academica Tumblr blog and follow us if you have a Tumblr account

*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

Biomarkers in Cancer on Index Copernicus

We're pleased to announce that Biomarkers in Cancer is now indexed by Index Copernicus and journal content will be available there soon.

Libertas has recently begun indexing with Index Copernicus to increase visibility for authors publishing in our journals.

Libertas chose Index Copernicus to index Biomarkers in Cancer to enhance its visibility in the rapidly growing Eastern European scientific community

Index Copernicus is now on the extensive list of 9 external indexes that Biomarkers in Cancer is included in:

Chemical Abstracts Service
Directory of Open Access Journals
EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
Index Copernicus
Socolar
EBSCO A-Z
JournalSeek
Ulrich's Periodicals

Visit the Biomarkers in Cancer homepage and view the Editor in Chief's call for papers

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Press Release: U Of M Researchers Find Gene Biomarkers Can Predict A Patient’s Ovarian Cancer Therapy Response & Survival

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (October 12, 2011) — University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have identified gene biomarkers that can predict which patients with advanced stages of ovarian cancer (stages III-IV) will respond to standard chemotherapy (platinum/taxol) and which will fail.

The results of the research are published in the October 3, 2011 online issue of the journal Cancer Informatics.

Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer in the United States, but because of the lack of overt symptoms at the early stages of the disease more than 60 percent of patients receive a diagnosis when their disease has already reached an advanced stage.

As a result, health care providers need to know quickly which patients will respond to standard chemotherapy and which will not, shaving valuable time off their treatment approach.

“This research will allow physicians to identify those patients who will not respond to the standard chemotherapy and to apply a different treatment from the outset, which could increase the survival of those patients,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Jason B. Nikas of the University of Minnesota Medical School. “Furthermore, this research could lead to the development of new, more efficacious pharmaceuticals that could considerably extend the survival of those patients, or perhaps even constitute a cure for this disease.”

To arrive at their results, the study’s authors examined ovarian tumor tissue from patients with advanced cancer prior to chemotherapy and determined gene expression profiles. After treatment, patients were stratified as treatment responders and long-term survivors (living greater than 7 years) or treatment non-responders and short-term survivors (living less than 3 years).

The researchers found that specific combinations of genes were capable of predicting treatment responders vs. non-responders with accuracies greater than 95% based on 54 ovarian cancer patients (24 responders/long term survivors, and 30 non-responders/short term survivors).

In their report, the researchers also indicated that the biomarkers identified in their study represent altered gene networks that could serve as targets for the development of novel and more effective pharmacological treatments.

“The next step is to confirm these gene expression biomarkers with additional ovarian cancer patients in order to establish the clinical utility of these biomarkers,” said co-investigator Dr. Walter Low of the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center. “We’re obviously excited about this research and what it could mean for the advancement of treating this disease.”

Other co-investigators participating in this study are Dr. Amy Skubitz and Dr. Kristin Boylan in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. This research was funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.

For a copy of the study visit: http://www.la-press.com/mathematical-prognostic-biomarker-models-for-treatment-response-and-su-article-a2863

The Academic Health Center is home to the University of Minnesota’s seven health professional schools and colleges, including the Medical School, as well as several health-related centers and institutes including the Stem Cell Institute. Founded in 1851, the university is one of the oldest and largest land grant institutions in the country. The AHC mission is to prepare the new health professionals who improve the health of communities, discover and deliver new treatments and cures, and strengthen the vitality of the health economy.

www.ahc.umn.edu

Contact:

Kelly O’Connor, Academic Health Center, 612-624-5680, oconn246@umn.edu

Justin Paquette, Academic Health Center, 612-626-7037, jpaquett@umn.edu

Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research Reader Profile: Dr Tarek Amin

Tell us about where you work. What do you do there, and who do you work with?

I used to work as Associate Professor of community medicine at Cairo University in Egypt. Now I work in the epidemiology department of the College of Medicine at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. I graduated in 1987 from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University. After graduating in 1990 I started teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, mainly in the field of epidemiology and bio-medical statistics.

What are your primary areas of research? What do you aim to achieve in these areas?

My main area of research is non-communicable disease epidemiology, with special emphasis on cancer, the nutritional aspect of disease and the role of physical activity. I am also interested in adolescent health as this represents a critical transition from childhood to adulthood, and can affect many health and psychiatric problems. Both these domains are still young and we have great expectations for them as cornerstones of prevention and control measures.

What contributions have you made to these areas so far? What is the broader importance of your contributions?

I am still not satisfied with what I have done so far. My previous publications highlighted several good points about provision of a valuable database and exploring areas of concerns, but there is a still lot of work to do to create a real impact.

What directions do you expect your research in these areas to take in the future?

Thus far I have not yet researched tropical diseases, micro-nutrient deficiency, and genetic mutation of some cancer, especially breast cancer. My agenda also includes research that tackles psychiatric epidemiology and health-related behaviour.

What do you consider to be the most important recent developments in your areas of research?

There are many important developments such as analytic software, rapid evolution of genetic diversity of diseases etiology and non-invasive DNA sampling.

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See New Articles Published In Biomedical Informatics Insights on Tumblr

Libertas Academica has been recently begun using the image-focused social media site Tumblr to publicise new articles and other news.

Benefits of Tumblr

Through Tumblr readers are updated when new articles are published containing interesting or unusual images, and are linked directly to the article through the Libertas Tumblr webpage. A once-weekly summary of articles published is also provided.

What is Tumblr?

Tumblr is one of the largest and fastest growing social networking sites in America. It attracts around 13.5 million visitors every month has received over 5 billion posts to date.

Why is Tumblr Unique?

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*Images of humans or animals and images that people may be offended by will not be used.

Uninvited Reviews Accepted to Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics

Libertas Academica is pleased to announce that Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics is now accepting uninvited review submissions.

Clinical Medicine Insights: Geriatrics is an open access journal, meaning all articles and reviews published are free to view, and receive maximum online visibility in: