By: Björn
Can cancer researchers accurately judge whether preclinical reports will reproduce?
August 17, 2017There is currently a vigorous debate about the reproducibility of research findings in cancer biology. Whether scientists can accurately assess which…
Read MoreCommon pitfalls in preclinical cancer target validation
August 17, 2017In this Perspective, published in Nature Reviews Cancer, William G. Kaelin Jr outlined some of the common pitfalls in preclinical cancer…
Read MoreIs the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
August 17, 2017Back in 1988, Robert Maxwell predicted that, in the future, there would only be a handful of immensely powerful publishing companies…
Read MoreThe academic–industrial complex: navigating the translational and cultural divide
August 17, 2017In this review article, Stephen Freedman and Kevin Mullane offer a personal perspective on the opportunities, models and approaches that harness…
Read MoreVarious Commentaries
August 17, 2017Macleod, MR 2010. “Why animal research needs to improve.” Nature 477, 511 Young, SS and Karr, A 2011. “Deming, data and…
Read MorePeer Review and Impact Factor
August 17, 2017Brembs, B et al. 2013. “Deep impact: unintended consequences of journal rank.” Front. Hum. Neurosci., 24;7:291. Park, IU et al. 2014….
Read MoreReporting Bias
August 17, 2017Vinkers, CH et al. 2015. “Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014: retrospective analysis.”…
Read MoreTherapeutic Indication
August 17, 2017Perrin, S 2014. “Make Mouse Studies Work.” Nature 507:423. O’Collins, VE et al. 2011. “Preclinical Drug Evaluation for Combination Therapy in Acute Stroke…
Read MoreData quality tools
August 17, 2017Tools to improve data quality Benjamini, Y and Hochberg, Y 1995. “Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach…
Read MoreData Analysis and Statistics
August 17, 2017This collection of articles is all about data analysis and statistics. Gelman, A 2012. “Why We (Usually) Don’t Have to Worry…
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