By growing cells in unrealistic liquids, scientists may have skewed results

Re:By growing cells in unrealistic liquids, scientists may h... by twic on Thursday January 03, 2019 @04:41AM (#18813928)

Not even wrong - this Plasmax stuff isn't commercially available, you have to make it yourself! The instructions are here:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau7314#sec-10

And the ingredients are here:

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2018/12/21/5.1....

The idea that scientists from the Beatson, an illustrious research institute run by a charity, would be hawking some snake oil is absurd. I suggest you tell your cancer researcher friend that they need to have a word with themselves.

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Re:By growing cells in unrealistic liquids, scientists may h... by gadders on Thursday January 03, 2019 @06:40AM (#18814406)

For those that don't know the reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong

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Re:By growing cells in unrealistic liquids, scientists may h... by jjoonathan on Thursday January 03, 2019 @10:39AM (#18815865)

Money isn't the objective, h-index is. Market metaphors are still appropriate.

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