Many drug trials never see publication

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Patients asking their doctors if a new drug is right for them would do well to also ask for supporting evidence. Conclusions about drug safety and effectiveness in reports submitted to the FDA are sometimes changed to favor the drug in the medical literature, a new analysis finds. And a quarter of submitted drug trials were never published at all

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Ships' greenhouse emissions revealed

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The amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the world's shipping industry is much higher than previously thought, according to the latest estimate from the United Nations. The new figures, released on 8 February by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), based in London, show that emissions from cargo ships are about twice those from global air travel.

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NY Times Comments on Nature Genetics Article

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This is a plain-language discussion of one of the problems facing the biotechnology industry -- the fact that genes are not discrete units but rather act in networks.

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