• THE SHIFT TO A CENTRALIZED LABORATORY APPROACH IN CLINICAL RESEARCH

    By: Yan Mardian Clinical research is a vital aspect of the healthcare industry that aims to improve patient outcomes and advance medical knowledge. One of the critical components of successful clinical research is accurate and reliable laboratory testing. However, laboratory testing can be challenging to standardize, and results can vary significantly depending on the testing

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  • PREDATORY JOURNALS:
    HOW TO DEFINE AND HOW TO AVOID THEM

    By: Yan Mardian Recently, scientists and academia in Indonesia were made concerned by the release of snippets of presentation slides issued by several internal researchers from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Although no official letter has been released yet to date, the widely spread snippets slides informed that “in 2023, starting in January,

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  • PRE-ANALYTICAL PRACTICE IN MOLECULAR ASSAY IN CLINICAL AND RESEARCH SETTINGS

    By: Yan Mardian Pre-analysis refers to all the complex steps that must take place before a sample can be analyzed. Over the years, a series of studies identified that 32% to 75% of all testing errors occur in the preanalytical phase, and technological advances and quality assurance procedures have significantly reduced the number of analytic-based

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  • NIH SCIENTIFIC DATA SHARING

    By: Louis Grue The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS Policy) to promote the management and sharing of scientific data generated from NIH-funded or conducted research. The Policy establishes the requirements of sub-mission of Data Management and Sharing Plans and compliance with NIH Institute, Center,

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