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The current climate for research funding in academia, coupled with unmet public health needs and the low rate of return on research investment by industry, highlight the need for academic-industry ... Read More

Research partnerships between industry and academic institutions have more than doubled in the last five years, 50% of which are in the life sciences. This significant shift to seeking partnerships ... Read More

The UN General Assembly declared 11th February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, aiming to achieve full and equal access to participation in science for women and girls. This is ... Read More

It may be obvious to many that an association between two factors does not necessarily imply causation. We are frequently exposed to scientific reports that factor X is associated with disease Y, ... Read More

In this article, we focus on some of the key elements to look for in a systematic review, and how to assess its credibility, when searching for answers to a specific clinical question. As outlined in ... Read More

Healthcare research is becoming increasingly more accessible as the level of reporting and commentary rises, both via established news sources and on health-related internet sites and private blogs. ... Read More

Reproducibility in research is the ability of a researcher to duplicate the results of another study with a degree of concordance that makes the original study at least believable. The impact of ... Read More

The issue of irreproducible research has been of concern to scientists for decades, but recently there has been considerable focus on this problem by leading journals in various commentaries and ... Read More