News

• Evidence emerging for HPV-negative cervical cancer ----CAP Today January 2014 http://www.captodayonline.com/cytopathology-and-more-evidence-emerging-for-hpv-negative-cervical-cancer/

• Video: Is peer review broken? (Posted by Biome on 25th September 2013) ----- “The hierarchy of journals has an effect that’s completely disproportionate to the real difference in quality of the papers that are published.” Joshua Sanes, Harvard University ------ http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/video-is-peer-review-broken/ (video file may take longer time to download- in case of problem close the browser and open again)

• Open access" and "Academic spring"- ---- research papers that describe work paid for by British taxpayer will be free online for universities, companies and individuals to use for any purpose, wherever they are in the world.-----http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research?newsfeed=true ---Other countries with appropriate vision with similar ethical insight are expected to follow-- “The move reflects a groundswell of support for "open access" publishing among academics who have long protested that journal publishers make large profits by locking research behind online paywalls. "If the taxpayer has paid for this research to happen, that work shouldn't be put behind a paywall before a British citizen can read it," Willetts said.”----

• Academic journals: an open and shut case http://www.webcitation.org/6LESEqQUq

  Some very clever people have put up with a very silly system for far too long. That is the upshot of our reporting on scholarly journals this week. Academics not only provide the raw material, but-----

• Cervical cancer screening- More on PAP test & HPV testing- ‘Panel Faults Virus Test to Spot Cervical Cancer’ The Wall Street Journal ---"We're talking about the HPV test being better in one way, but not as good in another way," as the highly accurate Pap tests, she said. “-----
  
• An open access mandate for the National Institutes of Health. (Open Med 2008;2(2):e14-16). By Suber P. Link for FREE PDF http://www.openmedicine.ca/rt/printerFriendly/213/135

• Cervical screening saves lives so it's a big worry if young women start to miss their smear tests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7695426.stm

• Less-frequent Pap smears may miss cancer precursors http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/08/less-frequent-pap-smears-may-miss-cancer-precursors/

• The Research Councils UK (RCUK) policy on open access comes into effect from the 1st April 2013. The policy states that all peer-reviewed published research articles and conference proceedings funded by RCUK must be open access (watch the video).