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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Evaluation of antenatal prebiotic intake in infants at risk of atopy: the double-blind PREGRALL randomized clinical trial.

Barbarot S, Aubert H, Boivin M et al. · 2026 · The British journal of dermatology

Background New primary preventive therapeutic strategies for atopic dermatitis (AD) are needed. Atopic diseases are associated with disrupted gut microbial balance in early life, suggesting that optimizing microflora through intervention…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf414
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TLR4 promotes liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis by a mechanism independent of hepatocytes and inflammatory cells

Altvater EE, Kojh D, Huang R et al. · 2025 · Preprint

ABSTRACT In metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), liver fibrosis is the most important prognostic factor, and fibrosis can lead to hepatic cirrhosis and cancer. In the liver toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.25.678670
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Dasatinib and Quercetin Treatment Increased Kidney Damage in Acute Folic Acid-Induced Experimental Nephropathy

Battaglia-Vieni A, Marchant V, Tejedor-Santamaria L et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Background: /Objectives: Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains an unsolved medical problem due to the lack of effective treatments, high mortality and increased susceptibility to progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially in the…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202504.2175.v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Sitagliptin does not interfere with VEGF-A signaling in retinal endothelial cells in vitro.

Amthor L, Jaeckle A, Kampmeier J et al. · 2025 · Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association

Sitagliptin, an inhibitor of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 widely used in type 2 diabetes therapy, impairs the barrier formed by retinal endothelial cells (REC) during prolonged exposure. Because diabetic macular edema is treated with inhibitors…

View details →DOI: 10.1055/a-2708-3562
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Differentiation of naïve into memory-phenotype CD8 + T cells does not promote the breakdown of peripheral tolerance in irradiated mice

Villard M, Espinosa-Carrasco G, Hernandez J · 2025 · Preprint

ABSTRACT Lymphodepletion, which is currently used as adjuvant for adoptive cytotoxic T cell immunotherapy in cancer, promotes the breakdown of peripheral CD8 + T cell tolerance. Under lymphopenic conditions, naive T cells proliferate due…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.08.672311
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Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases on Hydroxychloroquine, Compared with the Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in Controls on a Prophylactic Dose of Hydroxychloroquine

Jordhani M, Ruci D, Jordhani P et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Background: Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and other autoimmune diseases. Although HCQ reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication in vitro at…

View details →DOI: 10.20944/preprints202509.1673.v1
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Loss of Complement Factor D suppresses alternative pathway activation but fails to reduce lipofuscin accumulation in the retinal pigmented epithelium of Abca4 -/- mice

Ryan BC, Griffith KE, Geczi CN et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Stargardt disease (STGD1) is the most common inherited macular dystrophy, caused by loss-of-function mutations in ABCA4 that result in bisretinoid-containing lipofuscin accumulation in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and progressive…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.10.25.684461
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Virtual Reality-Delivered Exposure for Contamination Concerns in Adults With Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: Single-Arm Pilot Study.

Caltabiano A, Voruganti A, Nesi J et al. · 2026 · JMIR serious games

Background Exposure and response prevention is a first-line intervention for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), yet many individuals with contamination concerns do not access care. Virtual reality exposure-based therapy (VRET) may…

View details →DOI: 10.2196/78169
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Tissue damage-induced axon injury-associated responses in sensory neurons: requirements, prevention, and potential role in persistent post-surgical pain

Rau KK, Harrison BJ, Venkat G et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Pain resulting from tissue damage, including surgical incision, is often only partially responsive to standard treatments focusing on inflammation, suggesting additional mechanisms are involved. Tissue damage leads to expression in dorsal…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.11.637320
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Pre-Sensory Spontaneous Activity Accelerates Coordinated Maturation of Synaptic Partners and Drives Transition to the Mature Physiological Phenotype

Heller DT, Benites NM, Amick EM et al. · 2025 · Preprint

Pre-sensory (ps), peripherally-generated spontaneous activity (SA) is important for establishing basic topography of central components of sensory pathways. However, roles for psSA in sculpting connections at the single neuron level and in…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.28.672917
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Optimizing electro-oxidation for selective trace micropollutant removal and energy efficiency in secondary effluents.

Kik OE, Zaviska F, Lesage G et al. · 2026 · Water research

This study investigated the electro-oxidation (EO) of three priority micropollutants: carbamazepine (CBZ), diuron (DIU), and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), in secondary-treated wastewater using boron-doped diamond (BDD) anodes. Although…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.125158
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Selenomethionine mitigation of methylmercury-induced epigenetic and transcriptomic alterations in rainbow trout brain: A toxicogenomic survey.

Bidon M, Saito T, Skjaerven KH et al. · 2026 · Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Methylmercury (MeHg) is a pervasive neurotoxicant threatening aquatic ecosystems. Selenium (Se) has been reported to protect fish against the adverse MeHg toxicity, yet molecular investigations of their interaction in the brain remain…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2026.107706
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Dual actions of apelin-13 in TNBS-induced colitis: Colonic protection via the gut-liver axis but intrinsic hepatotoxic potential following systemic administration.

Birsen I, Erdogan K, Ozsoy O et al. · 2026 · Tissue & cell

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a systemic condition that can also lead to extraintestinal complications, including liver damage. Disruptions in the gut-liver axis and inflammatory mediators play a key role in this process. Apelin, a…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2025.103276
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Long-term Dietary Fat Intervention Affects Retinal Health in APOE Mice

Abhyankar SD, Luo Q, Hartman GD et al. · 2025 · Preprint

The APOE genotype influences metabolic and neurodegenerative outcomes, with APOE4 carriers at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and metabolic dysfunction. This study examines how long-term dietary interventions affect systemic…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.30.667671
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Insights into Alternaria in apple fruit causing mouldy core, external infection and mycotoxin production under retail and storage conditions

Pavicich MA, Maldonado ML, Nguyen TN et al. · 2025 · International Journal of Food Microbiology

Apple fruit is widely consumed worldwide, but fungal contamination in the postharvest stage presents a significant food safety concern. This study evaluates the production and accumulation of Alternaria mycotoxins, including alternariol…

Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide reduces postprandial glucose excursions but does not protect from hypoglycaemia in persons with type 1 diabetes-A randomised placebo-controlled study.

Hoe B, Heimbürger SMN, Gasbjerg LS et al. · 2026 · Diabetes, obesity & metabolism

Aims In type 1 diabetes, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) increases glucagon secretion during low plasma glucose and improves time in the glycaemic range during daytime. To explore the glucose-stabilising potential of GIP…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/dom.70373
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Infection of point-of-lay hens to assess the sequential events during H7N7 high-pathogenicity avian influenza emergence at a layer premises.

Seekings AH, Billington E, Mahmood S et al. · 2026 · Virology

H7N7 low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (H7N7-LPAIV) incursions preceded emergence of H7N7 high-pathogenicity (HP)AIV at several European layer hen outbreaks. Evidence from a UK layer H7N7-HPAIV (2008) outbreak informed in vivo…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110733
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Maternal Plinia trunciflora extract attenuates anxiety but not memory deficits after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in rats.

Carvalho AVS, Hoeper ES, Dúran-Carabali LE et al. · 2026 · The Journal of nutritional biochemistry

Neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI) is one of the main causes of perinatal death and is commonly associated with neurological damage which are usually observed on motor and cognitive domains. Plinia trunciflora or "jabuticaba" is a native…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2025.110162
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High-dose vitamin D supplementation and prostate cancer progression: a phase II randomised trial in localised prostate cancer cases with intermediate risk of progression (ProsD).

Nair-Shalliker V, Smith DP, Gebski V et al. · 2026 · British journal of cancer

Background The ProsD trial aimed to determine if oral vitamin D supplementation could prevent prostate cancer (PC) progression in men on active surveillance (AS). Methods ProsD is a phase-II double-blinded randomized trial of newly…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41416-025-03278-w
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

N-Acetylcysteine Prevents Arsenic-Induced Apoptosis but Not Supernumerary Motor Neuron Development in Zebrafish Embryos: Assessment of Protein Carbonylation and the p53 Pathway.

Gu Q, Silva CS, Twaddle NC et al. · 2026 · International journal of molecular sciences

Arsenic induces apoptosis in both cancerous and non-cancerous cells. The mechanism of arsenic-induced apoptosis is complex. We previously demonstrated that the antioxidant acetyl L-carnitine prevented sodium arsenite-induced apoptosis in…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/ijms27073263
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Nonoperative treatment of Maisonneuve fractures

Frühaf J, Bartoníček J, Fojtík P et al. · 2026 · Preprint

Abstract Purpose The aim of this study is to describe the basic pathoanatomical characteristics of a stable Maisonneuve fracture and mid-term results of its nonoperative treatment. Methods The study included 17 prospectively collected…

View details →DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9048287/v1
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In vitro mechanical stretch inhibits differentiation of mouse myoblast C2C12 cells without sustained eIF2α phosphorylation.

Mori K, Asahi T, Kataoka K et al. · 2025 · Biochemical and biophysical research communications

Mechanical stretch critically influences skeletal muscle physiology, yet its role in myoblast differentiation and the associated molecular mechanisms have not been fully clarified. This study investigated the effects of uniaxial cyclic…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.152350
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The mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant SkQ1 prevents skeletal muscle mitochondrial-apoptotic but not necroptotic signalling during ovarian cancer.

Khajehzadehshoushtar S, Delfinis LJ, Rahman FA et al. · 2025 · The Journal of physiology

The degree to which mitochondrial-linked programmed cell death pathways contribute to skeletal muscle atrophy during cancer remains unknown. Here we combined a novel and robust mouse model of metastatic ovarian cancer with chronic…

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Effects of milvexian alone or with heparin on catheter-induced clotting and thrombin generation.

Yin R, Fredenburgh JC, Weitz JI · 2025 · Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH

Background Milvexian, an oral factor (F)XIa inhibitor, is undergoing phase 3 evaluation for acute coronary syndrome. Such patients often require percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The PCI catheters trigger clotting by inducing…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.06.028
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Improvement of cardiac function by Ivabradine in a doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy murine model is associated with a normal renal angiotensin II type I receptor expression but not with a reduction in fibrosis.

Drumeva GO, Plane AF, Petrenyov DR et al. · 2026 · Cardio-oncology (London, England)

BACKGROUND: Ivabradine (IVAB) is an effective drug in patients with heart failure (HF). However, data in the context of chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy are limited. This study investigated the cardioprotective potential of IVAB in a…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s40959-026-00469-z
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Nephroprotective Effects of Wedelolactone against Snake Venom-Induced Acute Kidney Injury: Insights into Experimental Envenomation.

Romanelli MA, Nogueira-Souza PD, Gomes DS et al. · 2026 · ACS omega

Snakebite-induced acute kidney injury (sAKI) is a severe clinical complication associated with Bothrops envenomation that can lead to kidney failure. Alternative therapies are needed due to the limitations of antivenom, including variable…

View details →DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c09974