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008 170113s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2017001183
020 _z9780465097906
_qhardcover
020 _z0465097901
_qhardcover
020 _z9780465097913
_qelectronic book
020 _a9781541644144 (softcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)958798220
_z(OCoLC)978270365
040 _aDLC
_beng
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042 _apcc
049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 0 _aR852
_b.H37 2017
100 1 _aHarris, Richard F.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRigor mortis :
_bhow sloppy science creates worthless cures, crushes hope, and wastes billions /
_cRichard Harris.
260 _c©2017.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c©2017.
300 _avii, 278 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aMedicine
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
650 0 _aMedical ethics.
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_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aMEDICAL
_xEthics.
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aSCIENCE
_xResearch & Methodology.
_2bisacsh.
650 7 _aMedical ethics.
_2fast
650 7 _aMedicine
_xResearch
_xMethodology.
_2fast
650 4 _aMedical ethics.
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