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Competition in biology: It's a scoop!

In the highly competitive world of cell and molecular biology, there are no prizes for coming second. But is the pressure to be the first to publish 'hot' results distorting scientific progress?

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Pearson, H. Competition in biology: It's a scoop!. Nature (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/news031124-9

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