Medicine: Mind the Gap - Chaos in the Brickyard - Translational Research in 2007

 


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Air date: Monday, November 05, 2007, 9:30:00 AM
Category: Special
Runtime: 90 minutes
NLM Title: Chaos in the brickyard [electronic resource] / David F. Ransohoff.
Series: Medicine: mind the gap lecture series
Author: Ransohoff, David F.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Publisher: [Bethesda, Md. : National Institutes of Health, 2007]
Other Title(s): Medicine: mind the gap lecture series
Abstract: (CIT): "Chaos in the brickyard" refers to a letter that appeared in Science in 1963, in which Bernard K. Forscher described scientific research as the building of brick edifices: "Once upon a time, among the activities and occupations of man there was an activity called scientific research and the performers of this activity were called scientists. In reality however, these men were builders who constructed edifices, called explanations or laws, by assembling bricks, called facts If the bricks were faulty or if they were assembled badly, the edifice would crumble?" When investigators from basic and clinical fields collaborate to do translational research, special problems arise in determining whether research results should be considered strong. Examples of current problems will be discussed, along with some rules of evidence and broader principles that may help improve translational research.
Subjects: Biomedical Research
Evidence-Based Medicine
Reproducibility of Results
Publication Types: Government Publications
Lectures
NLM Classification: W 20.5
NLM ID: 101322984
CIT File ID: 14124
CIT Live ID: 6157
Permanent link: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?14124