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Academic criteria for promotion and tenure in biomedical sciences faculties: cross sectional analysis of international sample of universities
ReferenceDanielle B. Rice , Hana Raffoul , John P. A. Ioannidis , David Moher BMJ. 2020;369:m2081. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2081 Objective To determine the presence of a set of pre-specified traditional and non-traditional criteria used to assess scientists for promotion …
Researchers and Their Experimental Models: A Pilot Survey in the Context of the European Union Health and Life Science Research
ReferenceLorenzo Del Pace , Laura Viviani , Marco Straccia Animals. 2022;12(20):2778. doi: 10.3390/ani12202778 A significant debate is ongoing on the effectiveness of animal experimentation, due to the increasing reports of failure in the translation of results …
Poor Translatability of Biomedical Research Using Animals — A Narrative Review
ReferenceLindsay J. Marshall , Jarrod Bailey , Manuela Cassotta , Kathrin Herrmann , Francesca Pistollato Alternatives to Laboratory Animals. 2023;51(2):102-135. doi: 10.1177/02611929231157756 The failure rate for the translation of drugs from animal testing to …
Review of Evidence of Environmental Impacts of Animal Research and Testing
ReferenceKatherine Groff , Eric Bachli , Molly Lansdowne , Theodora Capaldo Environments. 2014;1(1):14-30. doi: 10.3390/environments1010014 Millions of animals are used in research and toxicity testing, including in drug, medical device, chemical, cosmetic, …
Attitudes toward animals, and how species and purpose affect animal research justifiability, among undergraduate students and faculty
ReferenceEric P. Sandgren , Robert Streiffer , Jennifer Dykema , Nadia Assad , Jackson Moberg PLOS ONE. ;15(5):e0233204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233204 As members of a university community that sponsors animal research, we developed a survey to improve our …
Children Prioritize Humans Over Animals Less Than Adults Do
ReferenceMatti Wilks , Lucius Caviola , Guy Kahane , Paul Bloom Psychological Science. 2021;32(1):27-38. doi: 10.1177/0956797620960398 Is the tendency to morally prioritize humans over animals weaker in children than adults? In two preregistered studies (total N = …
Toward an Anti-Maleficent Research Agenda
ReferenceHope Ferdowsian , Agustin Fuentes , L. Syd M. Johnson , Barbara J. King , Jessica Pierce Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. 2022;31(1):54-58. doi: 10.1017/S0963180121000487 Important advances in biomedical and behavioral research ethics have …
Gradient to sectioning CUBE workflow for the generation and imaging of organoids with localized differentiation
ReferenceIsabel Koh , Masaya Hagiwara Communications Biology. 2023;6(1):1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04694-5 Advancements in organoid culture have led to various in vitro mini-organs that mimic native tissues in many ways. Yet, the bottleneck remains to generate …
Integrated-gut-liver-on-a-chip platform as an in vitro human model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
ReferenceJiandong Yang , Yoshikazu Hirai , Kei Iida , Shinji Ito , Marika Trumm , Shiho Terada , Risako Sakai , Toshiyuki Tsuchiya , Osamu Tabata , Ken-ichiro Kamei Communications Biology. 2023;6(1):1-14. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04710-8 Non-alcoholic fatty liver …
Impact of interventions to improve the quality of peer review of biomedical journals: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ReferenceRachel Bruce , Anthony Chauvin , Ludovic Trinquart , Philippe Ravaud , Isabelle Boutron BMC Medicine. 2016;14:85. doi: 10.1186/s12916-016-0631-5 The peer review process is a cornerstone of biomedical research. We aimed to evaluate the impact of …