ENVS 5110
Science and Society: An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies

Week 8 - October 15

Part 2 – Science and “Truth”

**STUDENT GROUP LEAD Assignment Due

Ioannidis JPA (2005) Why Most Published Research Findings Are False. PLoS Med 2(8): e124. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

D. H. Freedman, 2010. Lies, Damned Lies and Medical Science, The Atlantic, November. 

C. G. Begley and  L. M. Ellis, 2012.  Drug development: Raise standards for preclinical cancer research, Nature 483: 531-533.

Case Study -- The Duke case

To watch and discuss  in class:

• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7398476n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7398478n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

• http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400997n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

• http://videolectures.net/cancerbioinformatics2010_baggerly_irrh/

More optional reading:

• http://bioinformatics.mdanderson.org/Supplements/ReproRsch-All/Modified/StarterSet/index.html