By: Björn

Can cancer researchers accurately judge whether preclinical reports will reproduce?
August 17, 2017

There is currently a vigorous debate about the reproducibility of research findings in cancer biology. Whether scientists can accurately assess which…

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Common pitfalls in preclinical cancer target validation
August 17, 2017

In this Perspective, published in Nature Reviews Cancer, William G. Kaelin Jr outlined some of the common pitfalls in preclinical cancer…

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Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
August 17, 2017

Back in 1988, Robert Maxwell predicted that, in the future, there would only be a handful of immensely powerful publishing companies…

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The academic–industrial complex: navigating the translational and cultural divide
August 17, 2017

In this review article, Stephen Freedman and Kevin Mullane offer a personal perspective on the opportunities, models and approaches that harness…

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Various Commentaries
August 17, 2017

Macleod, MR 2010. “Why animal research needs to improve.” Nature 477, 511 Young, SS and Karr, A 2011. “Deming, data and…

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Peer Review and Impact Factor
August 17, 2017

Brembs, B et al. 2013. “Deep impact: unintended consequences of journal rank.” Front. Hum. Neurosci., 24;7:291. Park, IU et al. 2014….

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Reporting Bias
August 17, 2017

Vinkers, CH et al. 2015. “Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014: retrospective analysis.”…

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Therapeutic Indication
August 17, 2017

Perrin, S 2014. “Make Mouse Studies Work.” Nature 507:423. O’Collins, VE et al. 2011. “Preclinical Drug Evaluation for Combination Therapy in Acute Stroke…

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Data quality tools
August 17, 2017

Tools to improve data quality Benjamini, Y and Hochberg, Y 1995. “Controlling the False Discovery Rate: A Practical and Powerful Approach…

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Data Analysis and Statistics
August 17, 2017

This 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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