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...study doesn't suggest that industry scientists are warping their studies deliberately or fudging numbers. But Ludwig says the scientific literature can become skewed overall toward commercial ends when certain hypotheses ?those favorable to industry - are investigated more often than others, and when scientists only publish their results selectively. Industry scientists say that's nonsense. Greg Miller, executive VP of innovation for National Dairy Council, says sheer volume of results doesn't mean much. "As a scientist I'm more interested in the quality of the research," he says. And the PloS Medicine study looks only at the absolute number...
...Major medical journals do publish industry-funded science as long as it meets the publications' quality standards. Those standards require scientists to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. But compliance is generally based on the honor system, leaving scientists to interpret the journal policies themselves. (The PloS Medicine paper noted a sharp uptick in the number of articles citing potential conflicts over the five-year study period - a trend Ludwig attributes to more stringent journal standards and better self-policing among scientists...
...They knew that the treatment would be controversial, though they did not quite foresee the media storm that would erupt when they decided to publish the case and invite their peers to weigh in. "I felt we were doing the right thing for this little girl-but that didn't keep me from feeling a bit of unease," admits Diekema. "And that's as it should be. Humility is important in a case like this...
Aliens Online French agency to publish archive...
...focus on ourselves a bit like the class taking over the classroom? If anyone can publish on the Web, to what do we aspire? Just to write, and as long as someone reads our work, we have arrived? While I will keep checking the Web from time to time, I have decided to get my first newspaper subscription. NICOLE CARPINELLI Lawrence...