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In June 2020, in the biggest research scandal of the pandemic so far, two of the most important medical journals each retracted a high-profile study of COVID-19 patients. Thousands of news articles, tweets, and scholarly commentaries highlighted the scandal, yet many researchers apparently failed to notice. In an examination of the most recent 200 academic articles published in 2020 that cite those papers,
Science found that more than half including many in leading journals used the disgraced papers to support scientific findings and failed to note the retractions.
52.5%
Share of recent articles citing two retracted COVID-19 papers that did not mention their status.
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Being socially and emotionally competent from an early age is likely to help children win acceptance by their peers, build better relationships with teachers, and facilitate academic learning. Pretend play is a pedagogical tool that can be used to stimulate a child s socio-emotional competences. A curriculum based on this approach has been introduced in classes of pupils aged five and six by a research team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), the Valais University of Teacher Education (HEP/Valais), the Vaud University of Teacher Education (HEP/Vaud) and the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. The study evaluating the effects of the programme, published in the journal
Using play to school children s emotions phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
GSRGT 2020: Management of Chemotherapy-Resistant Germ Cell Tumors in 2020
(Urotoday.com) To kick-off a series of lectures discussing testicular cancer at the inaugural meeting of the Global Society of Rare Genitourinary Tumors (GSRGT) 2020 virtual summit, Dr. Andrea Necchi provided the keynote lecture discussing the management of chemotherapy-resistant germ cell tumors. Dr. Necchi started by highlighting the global incidence and mortality of germ-cell tumors:
As follows is an overview of first- and subsequent salvage treatment options:
10-20% of patients will progress/relapse after first-line therapy
A proportion varying from 25% to 60-70% of patients with will be cured by second-line treatments
There are very few randomized trials to guide treatment decisions
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The two used methods for detecting amyloid pathology in Alzheimer s disease do not give unambiguous results, with the risk of incorrect or delayed care interventions. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found genetic explanations for the differences. The study is published in
Molecular Psychiatry and may be important for more individual diagnostics and the development of future drugs.
Alzheimer s disease is the most common dementia disease and leads to gradual memory loss and premature death. Approximately 120,000 people in Sweden have Alzheimer s and there are approximately 50 million people worldwide. According to Hjärnfonden, the number will increase by 70 percent in 50 years, partly because we are living longer and longer.