Highlights from the SfN 2016

Highlights from the Current Issue: May 2016.

Highlights in breast cancer from ASCO 2016

A critical review of the highlights in breast cancer research from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting 2016, held in June 2016 in Chicago, is presented in this podcast. Considering the most interesting and practice-changing studies reported at the meeting, in the advanced breast cancer setting several important confirmatory studies on the use of CDK inhibitors, and studies ...

Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2016

This article presents highlights chosen from research that appeared during 2016 on Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Selected articles felt to represent meaningful advances in the field are briefly summarized.

Highlights from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2016

The ultimate test of HIV remission is maintenance of undetectable plasma viraemia off antiretroviral therapy. Several studies, both past and recent have explored how common this phenomenon is and what factors predict successful viral control where present. There is no unifying definition of post-treatment control (PTC), in terms of length of time plasma viral load (VL) remains below a certain t...

Highlights from the ISCB Student Council Symposia in 2016

This editorial provides a brief overview of the 12th International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium and the 4th European Student Council Symposium held in Florida, USA and The Hague, Netherlands, respectively. Further, the role of the ISCB Student Council in promoting education and networking in the field of computational biology is also highlighted.