PubMed recently releases Gene Sensor, a cool new addition to PubMed which detects searches that include gene symbols for genes found in NCBI’s Gene database. If a gene symbol is detected, the search results include an information box on that gene.
From NCBI:

December 12, 2008 [posted]
Gene Sensor
A new sensor will soon join the Citation Sensor [...]

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In her blog “Discovering Biology in a Digital World“, Sandra Porter discusses a cool feature in PubMed which offers links to patient drug information about the drugs that are discussed in that particular article. I decided to try it out! For instance, I searched “cervical cancer vaccine”[tiab] and clicked on the “review” tab to [...]

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The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a welcome addition on the scientific communication stage. JoVE is “a peer reviewed, open access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format” and offers an elegant approach to traditional publishing models. Jove offers videos from such categories as Basic Protocols, [...]

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