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Hot Topics of the Day are picked by experts to capture the latest information and publications on public health genomics and precision health for various diseases and health topics. Sources include published scientific literature, reviews, blogs and popular press articles.
Microbiome-based therapeutics
(Posted: Apr 21, 2024 8AM)
Reporting guidelines in medical artificial intelligence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
F Kolbinger et al, Comm Med, April 11, 2024
(Posted: Apr 12, 2024 9AM)
Highly cited genetics studies found to contain sequence errors.
Diana Kwon et al. Nature 2023 2
(Posted: Feb 12, 2023 7AM)
Data Sharing and the Growth of Medical Knowledge
A Flanagin et al, JAMA, December 5, 2022
(Posted: Dec 05, 2022 3PM)
Priorities for successful use of artificial intelligence by public health organizations: a literature review.
Fisher Stacey et al. BMC public health 2022 11 (1) 2146
(Posted: Nov 29, 2022 10AM)
Genetic Risk Factors for ME/CFS Identified using Combinatorial Analysis
S Das et al, MEDRXIV, September 9, 2022
(Posted: Sep 10, 2022 10AM)
Reproducibility of real-world evidence studies using clinical practice data to inform regulatory and coverage decisions
SV Wang et al, Nat Comm, August 31, 2022
(Posted: Sep 01, 2022 2PM)
Social Determinants of Health Factors for Gene–Environment COVID-19 Research: Challenges and Opportunities
J Phuong et al, Advanced Genetics, March 9, 2022
(Posted: Mar 09, 2022 4PM)
Deep learning in histopathology: the path to the clinic
J van der Laak et al, Nature Medicine, May 14, 2021
(Posted: May 15, 2021 7AM)
Reproducibility in machine learning for health research: Still a ways to go.
McDermott Matthew B A et al. Science translational medicine 2021 13(586)
(Posted: Mar 30, 2021 9AM)
The Polygenic Score Catalog as an open database for reproducibility and systematic evaluation
SA Lambert et al, Nature Genetics, March 10, 2021
(Posted: Mar 11, 2021 7AM)
The need for polygenic score reporting standards in evidence-based practice: lipid genetics use case.
Wand Hannah et al. Current opinion in lipidology 2021 Feb
(Posted: Feb 09, 2021 10AM)
Strategies to enable large-scale proteomics for reproducible research
RC Poulos et al, Nature Comms, July 30, 2020
(Posted: Jul 31, 2020 8AM)
The Polygenic Score Catalog: an open database for reproducibility and systematic evaluation
SA Lambert et al, MEDRXIV, May 23, 2020
(Posted: May 24, 2020 7AM)
Clinical Application of Computational Methods in Precision Oncology- A Review
OA Panagiotou et al, JAMA Oncology, May 14, 2020
(Posted: May 17, 2020 7AM)
Challenges to the Reproducibility of Machine Learning Models in Health Care.
Beam Andrew L et al. JAMA 2020 Jan
(Posted: Jan 07, 2020 8AM)
Better methods can’t make up for mediocre theory
P Smaldino, Nature, November 6, 2019
(Posted: Nov 07, 2019 7AM)
Artificial Intelligence Confronts a 'Reproducibility' Crisis
Machine-learning systems are black boxes even to the researchers that build them. That makes it hard for others to assess the results, WIRED, September 16, 2019
(Posted: Sep 18, 2019 9AM)
Reproducible Findings in Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses in Oncology
Verify, Then Trust
JM Unger, JAMA Oncology, September 5, 2019
(Posted: Sep 06, 2019 7AM)
Convergence of recent GWAS data for suicidality with previous blood biomarkers: independent reproducibility using independent methodologies in independent cohorts.
Niculescu A B et al. Molecular psychiatry 2019 Aug
(Posted: Aug 08, 2019 8AM)
Toward High Reproducibility and Accountable Heterogeneity in Schizophrenia Research.
Kochunov Peter et al. JAMA psychiatry 2019 Apr
(Posted: Jul 07, 2019 0PM)
No more excuses for non-reproducible methods
L Teytelman, Nature, Aguts 22, 2018
(Posted: Aug 23, 2018 11AM)
A toolkit for data transparency takes shape- A simple software toolset can help to ease the pain of reproducing computational analyses.
JM Perkle, Nature, August 20, 2018
(Posted: Aug 21, 2018 8AM)
Plan to replicate 50 high-impact cancer papers shrinks to just 18
J Kaiser, Science, July 31, 2018
(Posted: Aug 07, 2018 9AM)
Robust research needs many lines of evidence
MR Munafo et al, Nature, Jan 23, 2018
(Posted: Jan 24, 2018 9AM)
Interlaboratory Reproducibility of a Targeted Metabolomics Platform for Analysis of Human Serum and Plasma.
Siskos Alexandros P et al. Analytical chemistry 2017 01 (1) 656-665
(Posted: Aug 23, 2017 5PM)
Methodological Rigor in Preclinical Cardiovascular Studies: Targets to Enhance Reproducibility and Promote Research Translation.
Ramirez F Daniel et al. Circulation research 2017 Jun (12) 1916-1926
(Posted: Aug 23, 2017 5PM)
A long journey to reproducible results
GL Lithgow et al, Nature, Augst 2017
(Posted: Aug 23, 2017 5PM)
Waste, Leaks, and Failures in the Biomarker Pipeline
JP Ioannidis et al, Clin Chem, April 2017
(Posted: Apr 30, 2017 11AM)
GBSI reports encouraging progress toward improved research reproducibility by year 2020
Science, February 19, 2017
(Posted: Feb 20, 2017 8PM)
Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
JP Ioannidis, JAMA, February 13, 2017
(Posted: Feb 13, 2017 7PM)
Go forth and replicate!
Nature editorial, August 24, 2016
(Posted: Aug 26, 2016 8AM)
What does scientific reproducibility mean, anyway?
StatNews, June 1, 2016
(Posted: Jun 01, 2016 3PM)
1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility
Survey sheds light on the 'crisis' rocking research. Monya Baker, Nature News, May 25, 2016
(Posted: May 31, 2016 8AM)
Money back guarantees for non-reproducible results?
There are better solutions to the “reproducibility crisis” in research
E Topol, BMJ, May, 27, 2016
(Posted: May 31, 2016 7AM)
Meta-Research: Getting the Most Out of Research
R Roberts, et al, PLOS Biologue, January 4, 2016
(Posted: Jan 04, 2016 6PM)
Replicate exome-sequencing in a multiple-generation family: improved interpretation of next-generation sequencing data.
Cherukuri Praveen F et al. BMC genomics 2015 (1) 998
(Posted: Dec 16, 2015 1PM)
Data standards can boost metabolomics research, and if there is a will, there is a way.
Rocca-Serra Philippe et al. Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society (1) 14
(Posted: Dec 16, 2015 1PM)
Assessing value in biomedical research: the PQRST of appraisal and reward.
Ioannidis John P A et al. JAMA 2014 Aug (5) 483-4
(Posted: Dec 16, 2015 1PM)
Clinical Genetics Has a Big Problem That's Affecting People's Lives
Ed Yong, the Atlantic, December 16, 2015
(Posted: Dec 16, 2015 1PM)
Reproducibility and reliability of biomedical research
Academy of Medical Sciences, October 2015
(Posted: Nov 07, 2015 0PM)
The incidence and role of negative citations in science
C Catalini, PNAS,October 26, 2015
(Posted: Oct 27, 2015 0PM)
The primary reasons behind data sharing, its wider benefits and how to cope with the realities of commercial data.
Tellam Ross L et al. BMC genomics 2015 (1) 626
(Posted: Oct 26, 2015 4PM)
Robustness of Massively Parallel Sequencing Platforms.
Kavak Pinar et al. PloS one 2015 (9) e0138259
(Posted: Oct 26, 2015 4PM)
Tackling reproducibility in academic preclinical drug discovery.
Frye Stephen V et al. Nature reviews. Drug discovery 2015 Sep
(Posted: Oct 26, 2015 4PM)
Irreproducible biology research costs put at $28 billion per year
Monya Baker, Nature News and Comments, June 9, 2015
(Posted: Jun 09, 2015 3PM)
The Economics of Reproducibility in Preclinical Research
LP Freedman, et al. PLoS Biology, June 9, 2015
(Posted: Jun 09, 2015 3PM)
Statistics: P values are just the tip of the iceberg
JT Leek et al. Nature News, April 28, 2015
(Posted: Apr 29, 2015 9AM)
Opinion: Reproducible research can still be wrong: adopting a prevention approach.
Leek Jeffrey T et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2015 Feb 10. (6) 1645-6
(Posted: Apr 29, 2015 9AM)
US societies push back against NIH reproducibility guidelines
'Premature' rules for preclinical research need more flexibility and greater community involvement, say scientific society leaders. M Baker, Nature News, April 17, 2015
(Posted: Apr 17, 2015 6PM)
NIH Principles and Guidelines for Reporting Preclinical Research
(Posted: Apr 17, 2015 6PM)
John Ioannidis has dedicated his life to quantifying how science is broken
by Julia Belluz, VOX, February 16, 2015
(Posted: Feb 16, 2015 2PM)
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