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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
8. Blockchain in Science
Authors : Vikram Dhillon, David Metcalf, Max Hooper
Published in: Blockchain Enabled Applications
Publisher: Apress
Abstract
Evidence-based clinical sciences are currently suffering from a paralyzing reproducibility crisis. From clinical psychology to cancer biology, recent meta-research indicates a rise in researchers’ failing to replicate studies published by their peers. This problem is not just limited to bench-work that happens in a lab; it also plagues translational research where the transformation from bench to bedside happens. Treatments, tests, and technologies are converted from simple lab experiments to FDA-approved devices and assays that affect hundreds of lives. Therefore, replicability is crucial to converting scientific breakthroughs into pragmatic remedies.
