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Former drug company researcher Glenn Begley looked at 53 papers in the world’s top journals, and found that he and a team of scientists could NOT replicate 47 of the 53 published studies — all of which were considered important and valuable for the future of cancer treatments. Bias includes publishing positive results but not the negative ones, not publishing retractions of fraudulent studies, and funding bias. Here is a perfect example with the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynocology (Elsvier) who colludes consistently with the Centers for Disease Control.

Former drug company researcher Glenn Begley looked at 53 papers in the world’s top journals, and found that he and a team of scientists could NOT replicate 47 of the 53 published studies — all of which were considered important and valuable for the future of cancer treatments. Read Mercola article...