A test version of PLoS Currents: Influenza website went live with help from internet powerhouse Google.<\/p>\n
“In response to the recent worldwide H1N1 influenza outbreak, the first PLoS Currents research theme is influenza,” PLoS chairperson Harold Varmus wrote in a message at Google’s website.<\/p>\n
“The key goal of PLoS Currents is to accelerate scientific discovery by allowing researchers to share their latest findings and ideas immediately with the world’s scientific and medical communities.”<\/p>\n
A “small, expert research community” runs the Currents website, which features Google Knol technology for sharing data vetted by moderators, according to Varmus.<\/p>\n
Currents also taps into a new, independent Rapid Research Notes database at the US National Centre for Biotechnology Information.<\/p>\n
Currents: Influenza was described as a prototype for future PLoS websites devoted to other health topics.<\/p>\n
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