Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
On preparing for the next pandemic now
Aled Edwards is of two minds about medicine's response to COVID-19.
Mar 11, 2022
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Genetics
Sex, drugs, and genes: Moral attitudes share a genetic basis
Few hallmarks of the 1960s counterculture stand out like sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll—elements of a "lifestyle" that Life magazine once branded as "antithetical in almost every respect to that of conventional America." ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Medical research
Retractions and controversies over coronavirus research show that the process of science is working as it should
Several high-profile papers on COVID-19 research have come under fire from people in the scientific community in recent weeks. Two articles addressing the safety of certain drugs when taken by COVID-19 patients were retracted, ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The hunt for a coronavirus cure is showing how science can change for the better
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared an international public health emergency over the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus. One day later, the Wellcome Trust research charity called for researchers, ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Physics tool helps track cancer cell diversity
Cancer cells are a wily adversary. One reason the disease outfoxes many potential treatments is because of the diversity of the cancer cell population. Researchers have found this population difficult to characterize and ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Neuroscience
Science communicators get access to real data for 3-D modelling
Free, open-source software created by a U of T Mississauga professor is giving science communicators access to real data for science illustrations and animations.
Feb 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
Researchers committed to open-science efforts
Placing collaboration above competition, Western researchers are giving 300 labs around the world the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the mouse brain in hopes of unlocking the secrets Alzheimer's disease and ...
Feb 5, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
APA releases new journal article reporting standards
As part of its promotion of greater transparency and the assessment of rigor in psychological science, the American Psychological Association has released new Journal Article Reporting Standards for researchers seeking to ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Can cancer research findings be replicated? It's complicated
The Center for Open Science, headed by University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek, has published the first results of its Reproducibility Project on cancer biology.
Jan 20, 2017
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Genetics
Open-source science helps father's genetic quest
One tiny flaw in one gene in one little girl. That explains why Beatrice Rienhoff, 8, is so lean and leggy.
Oct 26, 2012
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