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. 2017 Jan 19:6:e22661.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.22661.

Mixed outcomes for computational predictions

Chi Van Dang  1
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Mixed outcomes for computational predictions

Chi Van Dang. Elife. .

Abstract

Experimental efforts to validate the output of a computational model that predicts new uses for existing drugs highlights the inherently complex nature of cancer biology.

Keywords: Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology; cancer biology; cimetidine; drug retargeting; human; metascience; replication; reproducibility.

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