[IRTalk] Online software spots genetic errors in cancer papers

[Ina Smith]

More and more discipline specific data flaw detection tools the future, some programmed with the help of R open source software.

https://www.nature.com/news/online-software-spots-genetic-errors-in-cancer-papers-1.23003 

Tool to scrutinize research papers identifies mistakes in gene sequences. Two scientists have rolled out a program that spots incorrect gene sequences reported in experiments — and have used it to identify flaws in more than 60 papers, almost all of them studies of cancer.

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