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The assessment of the performance of molecular assays would benefit from quantifying the resolution of molecular concentration — a new metric that we propose and evaluate here.
In biomedical studies, the environmental conditions used in mammalian cell culture are often underreported, and are seldom monitored or controlled. Best-practice standards are urgently needed.
The proliferation of synthetic data in artificial intelligence for medicine and healthcare raises concerns about the vulnerabilities of the software and the challenges of current policy.