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To Have Practical Relevance, Scientific Claims Need to be Accurate
September 10, 2018For all different stakeholders within the scientific community (researchers, reviewers, editors, policymakers, funding agencies, journalists, and the general public) it is…
Read MoreGuidelines on statistics for researchers using laboratory animals: the essentials
September 10, 2018There is a growing concern that flawed statistics and deficient reproducibility in biomedical studies results in an unethical waste of animals…
Read MoreA randomised controlled trial of an Intervention to Improve Compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines (IICARus)
September 10, 2018The ARRIVE guidelines are widely endorsed but compliance is limited. The IICARus Collaboration group sought to determine whether journal-requested completion of…
Read MoreUnambiguous identification of antibodies, cell lines and organisms around the globe: A call for the Research Resource ID
August 21, 2018Unambiguous identification of antibodies, cell lines and organisms around the globe: A call for the Research Resource ID The reproducibility crisis…
Read MoreFAIR and ALCOAplus – data management principles
August 13, 2018Data recording practices play a central element in research and can vary largely from lab to lab and researcher to researcher….
Read MoreNewly developed ‘Harmonized animal research reporting principles’ (HARRP) published
July 9, 2018The International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) has recently published Harmonized Animal Research Reporting Principles (HARRP), the first step of…
Read MoreImproving animal research reporting standards
June 6, 2018For decades, scientists and organizations have expressed concerns about the quality of animal research reporting. These concerns and efforts to establish…
Read MorePREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence) Guidelines
March 30, 2018As part of ongoing efforts to reduce waste and increase the reproducibility of animal research and testing, a group of experts…
Read MorePREPARE: guidelines for planning animal research and testing
February 26, 2018The PREPARE (Planning Research and Experimental Procedures on Animals: Recommendations for Excellence) guidelines were published in 2017 to provide overarching guidance on…
Read MoreStudy Design
August 17, 2017These articles are presenting ideas on how to improve experiments. Howells, DW et al. 2014. “Bringing rigour to translational medicine.” Nature…
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