John Brian Jones

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Has "Science" been destroyed by the flood of fraudulent papers?

Keeping up with scientific papers on almost any subject is now a daunting task since the number of papers published is increasing exponentially. For example, within 12 months of Covid-19 being...

01 January 1970 7,664 2 View

Are most molecular tests conducted in labs today just rubbish?

Just about every lab has embraced the modern molecular testing age. But when you buy that new bit of equipment do you stop to consider the implications on the test sensitivity and specificity?...

01 January 1970 5,432 1 View

Gain of function MkII

Have we learned nothing from SARS-CoV2? Nature Briefing have just been advertising a new "breakthrough" available as a preprint on BioRxiv "Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome...

01 January 1970 3,952 0 View

Should Peer Reviewers for Commercial journals be paid?

Publishing scientific papers is estimated to be a $10billion industry with over 2 million papers published each year. Many of these involve peer review, often three reviewers who do not get paid....

01 January 1970 7,342 8 View