02536cam a2200433 i 4500 593627 593627 ocn958798220 US-DLC 20190317110514.0 170113s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng 2017001183 9780465097906 hardcover 0465097901 hardcover 9780465097913 electronic book 9781541644144 (softcover) (OCoLC)958798220 (OCoLC)978270365 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO AU pcc Alfaisal Main Library R852 .H37 2017 Harris, Richard F., author. Rigor mortis : how sloppy science creates worthless cures, crushes hope, and wastes billions / Richard Harris. ©2017. New York : Basic Books, ©2017. vii, 278 pages ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references and index. "American taxpayers spend $30 billion annually funding biomedical research. By some estimates, half of the results from these studies can't be replicated elsewhere-the science is simply wrong. Often, research institutes and academia emphasize publishing results over getting the right answers, incentivizing poor experimental design, improper methods, and sloppy statistics. Bad science doesn't just hold back medical progress, it can sign the equivalent of a death sentence. How are those with breast cancer helped when the cell on which 900 papers are based turns out not to be a breast cancer cell at all? How effective could a new treatment for ALS be when it failed to cure even the mice it was initially tested on? In Rigor Mortis, award-winning science journalist Richard F. Harris reveals these urgent issues with vivid anecdotes, personal stories, and interviews with the nation's top biomedical researchers. We need to fix our dysfunctional biomedical system-now"-- Medicine Research Methodology. Medical ethics. MEDICAL Research. bisacsh. MEDICAL Ethics. bisacsh. SCIENCE Research & Methodology. bisacsh. Medical ethics. fast Medicine Research Methodology. fast Medical ethics. local 4 Print books. lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2019-03-17 0 R852 .H37 2017 AU00000000013448 2019-03-17 00:00:00 130.00 2019-03-17 BOOKS