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Blockchain in Science

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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.

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© 2021 Vikram Dhillon, David Metcalf, and Max Hooper

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Dhillon, V., Metcalf, D., Hooper, M. (2021). Blockchain in Science. In: Blockchain Enabled Applications. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6534-5_8

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