This post was written by Aravin Sukumar, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, Institute of Medical Sciences. My PhD…
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Covid-19 Remote PhD Defense: Lessons LearnedRead more
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Global health Rex Tillerson shouldn’t cut global AIDS funding. Here’s why.Read more
By Pranay Sinha “A model for us to look to as we’re thinking about other ways to project America’s values, project our…
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Global health Helping countries transition from donor aid for health: recent experience at the Global FundRead more
Dr. Robert Hecht and Rachel Wilkinson of Pharos Global Health Advisers comment on the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS…
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Global health From the archives: A Story of 20,000 Healthy Mothers and Babies by Dr. Nosakhare OrobatonRead more
[Originally published as a PLOS BLOGS Network guest post on December 10, 2013] By Dr. Nosakhare Orobaton To mark Year Three of the…
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Autism NeuroTribes, Steve Silberman on a haunting history and new hope for autistic peopleRead more
[Congratulations to Steve Silberman, just awarded the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize, UK’s top nonfiction award for NeuroTribes. This interview with Silberman by Emily…
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ethics Talking drug prices, Pt 6: Openness vs. secrecy in drug development By Mat ToddRead more
Welcome to the sixth and final post in a PLOS BLOGS series, Talking about Drug Prices & Access to Medicines. To borrow a phrase from one of…
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The Student Blog Why Science Journal Paywalls Have to GoRead more
A guest post by student scientist Jack Andraka After a close family friend died from pancreatic cancer, I turned to the Internet…
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Open Access Open Access From a Patient Advocate’s Perspective: “Inserting Ourselves into the Science of a Condition”Read more
An OA Week guest post by patient advocate Christy Collins My daughter, Signe, was born with a very rare genetic condition called…
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Guest Post Reusing, Revising, Remixing and Redistributing ResearchRead more
An OA Week guest post by Daniel Mietchen The initial purpose of Open Access is to enable researchers to make use of…
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Guest Post Citizenship, Scholarship, and the Republic of ScienceRead more
A guest post for OA Week by Barbara Fister Every spring, when I teach a course for upper-division undergraduates interested in knowing…
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Guest Post Tim Vollmer of Creative Commons on HowOpenIsIt?Read more
This is a guest post from Timothy Vollmer, Manager of Policy and Data for Creative Commons Congratulations to PLOS, SPARC, and OASPA…
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Guest Post Fish, Antidepressants, Autism and a Problematic Research PremiseRead more
This week saw publication of a PLOS One paper on a potential environmental cause of autism that caught the attention of the…