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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Harris, Richard F., author.     Subjects     Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.     Medical ethics.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Harris, Richard F., author.       by title:      Rigor mortis : how s...         MARC Display

Rigor mortis : how sloppy science creates worthless cures, crushes hope, and wastes billions / Richard Harris. by Harris, Richard F., author. New York : Basic Books, c2017. Subjects Medicine -- Research -- Methodology.   Medical ethics. ISBN:  9780465097906 : 0465097901 Description:  vii, 278 pages ; 22 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 610.72 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 610.72 Ha Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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