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Friday, February 08, 2008

New BioMed Central journal on medical genomics

OA publisher BioMed Central has released a new journal, BMC Medical Genomics. From the announcement:
BMC Medical Genomics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of functional genomics, genome structure, genome-scale population genetics, epigenomics, proteomics, systems analysis, and pharmacogenomics in relation to human health and disease.

The medical research community is increasingly turning to the use of large-scale, high-throughput genomic techniques to address clinical questions. By providing information on the interaction between genes, drugs and diseases, genomic approaches to medicine promise to contribute to the delivery of personalized and individual medical treatment.

BMC Medical Genomics is a new journal in the highly successful BMC-series, from the publisher of journals such as BMC Genomics, BMC Medical Genetics and Genome Biology. BMC Medical Genomics publishes peer-reviewed research, software, database articles and technical advances, and published articles are immediately available without charge to readers. ...