The methods section of a research paper provides the information by which a study’s validity is judged. Therefore, it requires a clear and precise description of how an experiment was done, and the rationale for why specific exper...
The May 2012 Sackler Colloquium on “The Science of Science Communication” brought together scientists with research to communicate and scientists whose research could facilitate that communication. The latter include decision scie...
Randomisation is the process of assigning clinical trial participants to treatment groups. Randomisation gives each participant a known (usually equal) chance of being assigned to any of the groups. Successful randomisation requir...
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted many clinical trials that were potentially bringing new therapeutics to market—an additional untallied cost of the pandemic in lives and quality of life owing to delays in releasing potentially bene...
In this era of a pandemic, why do we need the placebo controls for regulatory agency or Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved clinical trials aimed at COVID-19 patients? The answer is always that we have to establish a ruler...