So what does it take to keep medical research a well-oiled enterprise that efficiently and effectively delivers cures? Lots of cooperation–or so I argue, along with co-authors Alex John London and Marina Emborg in a piece appearing in Science [a publicly accessible version of the essay is available at Science Progress]. Unfortunately, we argue, the… Continue reading Conditions of Collaboration: Protecting the Integrity of the Scientific Enterprise
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Filing Cabinet Syndrome: The Effect of Nonpublication of Preclinical Research
Much has already been said about Filing Cabinet syndrome in medical research: the tendency of researchers to publish exciting results from clinical trials, and to stash null or negative findings safely away from public view in a filing cabinet. Nonpublication distorts the medical literature, because it prevents medical practitioners from accessing negative information about drugs.… Continue reading Filing Cabinet Syndrome: The Effect of Nonpublication of Preclinical Research