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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 5, 577-581 (July 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrm1429
Opinion: Excessive trust in authorities and its influence on experimental design
Tung-Tien Sun1 About the author
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Abstract
Most graduate curricula in biological sciences offer courses that cover various scientific disciplines, but they give relatively little formal instruction in experimental design. Students learn the latter primarily through hands-on experience in the laboratory, and some find this learning process bewildering and frustrating. So, what is the root of the problem, and how can young researchers get experiments to work more predictably and reproducibly?
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Tung-Tien Sun is at the Epithelial Biology Unit, Departments of Dermatology, Pharmacology and Urology, New York University Cancer Institute, New York University Medical School, 550 First Avenue, New York 10016, USA.
Email: sunt01@med.nyu.edu
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