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What I don't get is why is this just coming to light now? In the article it says that this happened February 9, 2012. It's been over a year since this happened
by akulbe 13y ago
What I don't get is why is this just coming to light now? In the article it says that this happened February 9, 2012. It's been over a year since this happened why are we just hearing about it now?
- apl 13y agoWell, it was published in the NEJM today: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1206319 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1206319 Academia moves slowly. You want to make sure that your innovation actually had a net positive effect (does the patient actually survive?), you need clearances, you need to do the write-up, the journal needs publication space; honestly, I'm surprised that it's just a year. Novel techniques are attempted every day. You don't hear about them instantaneously because a majority of them don't work.
- akulbe 13y agoI never thought about the peer-review aspect of this. Good point. Thank you for reminding me. :)