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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** This may be of interest to some socnet members: It's the Network, Stupid: Why Everything in Medicine Is Connected By The PLoS Medicine Editors One need look no further than Facebook to appreciate the significance and power of social networking. (Even PLoS has its own thriving Facebook community, which you can join at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2401713690.) But social networking is about more than just friends reunited; it's a framework for understanding even the most basic of biological processes. Two papers in this month's PLoS Medicine illustrate the insight that network theory brings to basic science, and the valuable interdisciplinarity that social network analysis can inspire. [...] http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050071 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Iain Lang Epidemiology & Public Health Group Peninsula Medical School RD&E Wonford Site Barrack Road Exeter EX2 5DW UK tel. +44 (0)1392 406749 email. [log in to unmask] _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.