Value assessments in health care tend to focus on pharmaceuticals rather than services and procedures, despite the outsized contribution of services and procedures to health spending. We use the term ...

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The more often a gene is differentially expressed, the more likely it is to contain disease-associated DNA variants. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology ...

To help identify chemicals for future screening under its Endocrine Disrupter Screening Program (EDSP), the Environmental Protection Agency is considering prioritization approaches that look beyond ...

The combination of rapid biodiversity loss and limited funds available for conservation represents a major global concern. While there are many approaches for conservation prioritization, few are ...

The number of indications available to drug hunters is growing dramatically, yet the return on investment is declining—why? Traditional approaches for indication prioritization cannot be scaled to ...

The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) enters human cells with the help of its spike protein that binds the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor of the host ...

Amid an evolving landscape of anticancer agents, numerous approaches to elicit tumor-specific immune responses are under active investigation. In broad terms, these approaches have traditionally ...

Software testing is an essential component of the software development lifecycle, ensuring that applications meet functional and performance requirements whilst maintaining reliability and security. A ...