Progress in developing robust therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI), trau- matic brain injury (TBI) and peripheral nerve injury has been slow. A great deal has been learned over the past 30 years regarding both t...Progress in developing robust therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI), trau- matic brain injury (TBI) and peripheral nerve injury has been slow. A great deal has been learned over the past 30 years regarding both the intrinsic factors and the environmental factors that regulate axon growth, but this large body of information has not yet resulted in clinically available thera- peutics. This therapeutic bottleneck has many root causes, but a consensus is emerging that one contributing factor is a lack of standards for experi- mental design and reporting. The absence of reporting standards, and even of commonly accepted definitions of key words, also make data mining and bioinformatics analysis of neural plasticity and regeneration difficult, if not impossible. This short review will consider relevant background and poten- tial solutions to this problem in the axon regeneration domain.展开更多
Commentary Most would agree that providing comprehensive detail in scientific reporting is critical for the development of mean- ingful therapies and treatments for diseases. Such stellar practices 1) allow for repro...Commentary Most would agree that providing comprehensive detail in scientific reporting is critical for the development of mean- ingful therapies and treatments for diseases. Such stellar practices 1) allow for reproduction of experiments to con- firm results, 2) promote thorough analyses of data, and 3) foster the incremental advancement of valid approaches. Unfortunately, most would also agree we have far to go to reach this vital goal (Hackam and Redelmeier, 2006; Prinz et al., 2011; Baker et al., 2014).展开更多
基金Research in the Lemmon/Bixby lab is supported by NIH grants NS080145 and NS059866by the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
文摘Progress in developing robust therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI), trau- matic brain injury (TBI) and peripheral nerve injury has been slow. A great deal has been learned over the past 30 years regarding both the intrinsic factors and the environmental factors that regulate axon growth, but this large body of information has not yet resulted in clinically available thera- peutics. This therapeutic bottleneck has many root causes, but a consensus is emerging that one contributing factor is a lack of standards for experi- mental design and reporting. The absence of reporting standards, and even of commonly accepted definitions of key words, also make data mining and bioinformatics analysis of neural plasticity and regeneration difficult, if not impossible. This short review will consider relevant background and poten- tial solutions to this problem in the axon regeneration domain.
文摘Commentary Most would agree that providing comprehensive detail in scientific reporting is critical for the development of mean- ingful therapies and treatments for diseases. Such stellar practices 1) allow for reproduction of experiments to con- firm results, 2) promote thorough analyses of data, and 3) foster the incremental advancement of valid approaches. Unfortunately, most would also agree we have far to go to reach this vital goal (Hackam and Redelmeier, 2006; Prinz et al., 2011; Baker et al., 2014).