The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released its latest “Journals Recently Accepted by NLM for Inclusion in MEDLINE” list. The 33 titles selected are being added to those which are indexed for the MEDLINE database. Among the titles are: Future Medicinal Chemistry, Integrative and Comparative Biology, and Molecular Medicine Reports. NLM’s Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC) meets three times a year to add new journal titles to be covered in MEDLINE.
MSKCC in the News: April 9 – April 20
- In a recent New York Times Magazine article entitled “Is Sugar Toxic,” MSKCC president Craig Thompson suggests a link between high sugar consumption and the development of insulin dependent cancer cells resulting in tumor growth.
- The New York Daily News reported on a new MSKCC clinical trial to save the fertility of young boys undergoing cancer treatment.
- Pharmabiz posted an announcement about the research collaboration between MSKCC and Molecular Templates to develop Engineered Toxin Bodies (ETB) for lymphomas.
Blog Buzz: April 2 – April 15
Currently in the blogosphere:
- For the first time, US taxpayers can “understand how and where your tax dollars are being spent” with the White House’s Federal Taxpayer Receipt.
- NCI’s Cancer Statistics Review was updated this morning with data through 2008 for 27 cancers. NCI’s Benchmarks blog for reporters features a helpful guide to finding information in the report.
- Also from NCI, researchers have completed the whole exome sequencing of melanoma in a new study appearing early online in Nature Genetics today.
- GenomeWeb discusses some DNA Day celebrations on the web and beyond.
- Lots of people around the web are talking about tomorrow’s National Healthcare Decisions Day which encourages individuals to “Have the Talk” about their wishes with loved ones. Here is one editorial.
- ScienceRoll has a great piece called Crowdsourcing in Medicine Via Twitter. Follow him at @Berci and us at @MSKCC_Library.
- UCLA recently announced the creation of the University of California Center for Laboratory Safety “…to support research in this emerging field and facilitate the translation of results into best practices”. A five-minute video accompanies the article.