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Unprofessional peer reviews disproportionately harm underrepresented groups in STEM
ReferenceNyssa J. Silbiger , Amber D. Stubler PeerJ. 2019;7:e8247. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8247 BACKGROUND: Peer reviewed research is paramount to the advancement of science. Ideally, the peer review process is an unbiased, fair assessment of the scientific merit and …
A patient advocating for transparent science in rare disease research
ReferenceRichard Rui Yang Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2023;18(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02557-6 300 million people live with at least one of 6,000 rare diseases worldwide. However, rare disease research is not always reviewed with scrutiny, making it …
HARKing: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known
ReferenceNorbert L. Kerr Personality and Social Psychology Review. 1998;2(3):196-217. doi: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0203_4 This article considers a practice in scientific communication termed HARKing (Hypothesizing After the Results are Known). HARKing is defined as …
When Does HARKing Hurt? Identifying When Different Types of Undisclosed Post Hoc Hypothesizing Harm Scientific Progress
ReferenceMark Rubin Review of General Psychology. 2017;21(4):308-320. doi: 10.1037/gpr0000128 Hypothesizing after the results are known, or HARKing, occurs when researchers check their research results and then add or remove hypotheses on the basis of those …
Human lung organoid: Models for respiratory biology and diseases
ReferenceWenhao Yang , Yingna Li , Fang Shi , Hanmin Liu Developmental Biology. 2023;494:26-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.12.001 The human respiratory system, consisting of the airway and alveoli, is one of the most complex organs directly interfaced with the …
Animal Model Alternatives in Filovirus and Bornavirus Research
ReferenceLina Widerspick , Johanna Friederike Steffen , Dennis Tappe , César Muñoz-Fontela Viruses. 2023;15(1):158. doi: 10.3390/v15010158 The order Mononegavirales contains a variety of highly pathogenic viruses that may infect humans, including the families …
Introducing micro physiological systems to evaluate new radiopharmaceuticals: A binding study with radiolabeled cetuximab
ReferenceWiebke Sihver , Anne-Kathrin Nitt-Weber , Stephan Behrens , Martin Ullrich , Hans-Jürgen Pietzsch , Negin Namazian Jam , Florian Schmieder , Frank Sonntag Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering. 2022;8(2):532-535. doi: 10.1515/cdbme-2022-1136 …
Neuroimaging at 7 Tesla: a pictorial narrative review
ReferenceTomohisa Okada , Koji Fujimoto , Yasutaka Fushimi , Thai Akasaka , Dinh H. D. Thuy , Atsushi Shima , Nobukatsu Sawamoto , Naoya Oishi , Zhilin Zhang , Takeshi Funaki , Yuji Nakamoto , Toshiya Murai , Susumu Miyamoto , Ryosuke Takahashi , Tadashi Isa …
Message in a Scaffold: Natural Biomaterials for Three-Dimensional (3D) Bioprinting of Human Brain Organoids
ReferencePierre Layrolle , Pierre Payoux , Stéphane Chavanas Biomolecules. 2023;13(1):25. doi: 10.3390/biom13010025 Brain organoids are invaluable tools for pathophysiological studies or drug screening, but there are still challenges to overcome in making them …
Bioprinted 3D outer retina barrier uncovers RPE-dependent choroidal phenotype in advanced macular degeneration
ReferenceMin Jae Song , Russ Quinn , Eric Nguyen , Christopher Hampton , Ruchi Sharma , Tea Soon Park , Céline Koster , Ty Voss , Carlos Tristan , Claire Weber , Anju Singh , Roba Dejene , Devika Bose , Yu-Chi Chen , Paige Derr , Kristy Derr , Sam Michael , …