Editor’s note: Earlier this week, PLoS Medicine announced the publication of a sponsored Collection, in conjunction with the Joint United Nations Programme…
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Aggregators Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) – a cost-effective HIV prevention measure in eastern and southern Africa: a UNAIDS and PEPFAR collectionRead more
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Images Worth a Thousand Words: Ancient soybeans from JapanRead more
This image comes from the paper Archaeological Soybean (Glycine max) in East Asia: Does Size Matter?—which also includes a few other interesting…
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Topic Focus One fish, two fish, old fish, new fishRead more
A search of PLoS ONE publications for the term “fisheries” shows over 700 published on the topic, many measuring or modeling their…
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Topic Focus An ocean of pheromonesRead more
Human pheromones have been the source of quite a bit of speculation, and while they may have some effect on sexual attraction…
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Topic Focus Our genes help us make tough moral decisionsRead more
Today we published a paper about how genes help control decision-making in morally ambiguous situations. Before I even got to the results…
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Topic Focus In support of XMRV researchersRead more
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a mysterious condition. Its cause, diagnosis, even its name have long been sources of controversy, and it…
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Images Worth a Thousand WordsRead more
Photomicrographs of Glomus versiforme (basionym Endogone versiformis) are this week’s featured image. The colorful figure contains pale spores used in the paper…
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Collections PLoS ONE Launches Proceedings of the Third International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City CollectionRead more
Since 2003, DNA barcoding has become a widely used technique for species diagnosis and identification. To date, over 600 peer-reviewed scientific papers…
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Topic Focus Prospective genomics in epidemics – lessons from the German E. coli outbreakRead more
Today we published an article by Mellmann et al. entitled, Prospective Genomic Characterization of the German Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 Outbreak by…
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Featured Image Tracking Turtles: An author spotlight on Sara MaxwellRead more
The beach in Mayumba National Park, located on the coast of Gabon, has one of the highest nesting densities of sea turtles…
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Topic Focus Age as the only meaningful predictive tool for cardiovascular disease: another blow to personalized medicine?Read more
Today, we published the article, Screening for Future Cardiovascular Disease Using Age by Nicholas J. Wald, Mark Simmonds, and Joan K. Morris…
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Featured Image World Malaria Day: Research Highlights from PLoS ONE and PLoS PathogensRead more
Today is World Malaria Day —a time to reflect upon and commemorate the global efforts to fight this deadly mosquito-born disease found…