how sloppy science creates worthless cures, crushes hope, and wastes billions Harris, Richard F. creator author. text bibliography Print books. nyu ©2017 2017 monographic eng

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vii, 278 pages ; 22 cm. "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"-- Richard Harris. Includes bibliographical references and index. Medicine Research Methodology Medical ethics MEDICAL Research MEDICAL Ethics SCIENCE Research & Methodology Medical ethics Medicine Research Methodology Medical ethics R852 .H37 2017 9781541644144 (softcover) 2017001183 DLC 170113 20190317110514.0 ocn958798220 eng