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In the hectic pace of everyday research, it is sometimes difficult to stay up-to-date with research literature. PubMed offers a simple solution for everyone who knows this problem:
With a free NCBI account you can save as many search queries as you like and set up corresponding notifications. This only requires a one-time registration and confirmation of the e-mail address.
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Saved searches and collections are listed in the NCBI account. By clicking on the gear icon every saved search (and accordingly every collection) can be modified or deleted again.
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An NCBI account allows many other practical features such as setting personal filters and customizing the results display.
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