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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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Age-related changes and lack of effect of midlife resistance wheel exercise on afferent connectivity of lumbar alpha motor neurons in ageing mouse spinal cord.

S Krishnan V, Hodgetts SI, Harvey AR et al. · 2025 · Biogerontology

This two part study on the afferent connectivity of lumbar spinal motor neurons in normal ageing mice investigates; Study 1: time course analysis of age-related changes in the synaptic coverage of lumbar spinal cords of male C57BL/BJ mice…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10522-025-10348-2
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Percutaneous gastrostomy, mechanical ventilation and survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an observational study in an incident cohort.

Borghero G, Pierri V, Pili F et al. · 2024 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration

Objective To analyze disease-modifying effects of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) insertion for supporting nutrition, noninvasive ventilation (NIV), and tracheostomy-assisted ('invasive') ventilation (TIV) in amyotrophic lateral…

View details →DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2024.2351185
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Triiodothyronine supplementation in a sheep model of intensive care.

Maiden MJ, Torpy DJ, Ludbrook GL et al. · 2024 · Experimental and therapeutic medicine

Triiodothyronine (T3) concentrations in plasma decrease during acute illness and it is unclear if this contributes to disease. Clinical and laboratory studies of T3 supplementation in disease have revealed little or no effect. It is…

View details →DOI: 10.3892/etm.2024.12611
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Preloading With Nicotine Replacement Therapy in People With HIV Who Smoke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Cioe PA, Stang GS, Azam D et al. · 2025 · Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco

Introduction Smoking cessation rates in people with HIV (PWH) are lower than in the general population, even when evidence-based treatments are used. This 16-week study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf123
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Whole cottonseed and palmitic and oleic acid supplementation improve production responses during the immediate postpartum in multiparous dairy cows.

Parales-Girón JE, Dos Santos Neto JM, Lock AL · 2026 · Journal of dairy science

We evaluated the effects of whole cottonseed (WCS) and fatty acid (FA) supplementation on the production responses of early-lactation cows. Fifty-two multiparous cows were used in a randomized complete block design with a 2 × 2 factorial…

View details →DOI: 10.3168/jds.2025-26931
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Leaf Litter Leachate Limits Fungal Pathogen Growth but Not Amphibian Infection.

Martin EL, Adarve-Rengifo I, Siddons SR et al. · 2026 · Ecology and evolution

Terrestrial leaf litter can release chemical compounds into the water, creating a solution called "leachate" that can have direct and indirect impacts on freshwater organisms. In this study, we investigated the direct effects of leaf…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/ece3.73668
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Two-year real-world retrospective safety evaluation with onabotulinumtoxinA across multiple therapeutic indications: Findings from the SYNCHRONIZE study.

Forde G, Ifantides KB, Mayadev A et al. · 2026 · Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology

OnabotulinumtoxinA (onabotA) is approved for the treatment of various therapeutic indications, which require retreatment. In clinical practice, many patients receive onabotA for multiple therapeutic indications concomitantly over extended…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108666
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Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores in Families with Exceptional Longevity

Xicota L, Cheng R, Barral S et al. · 2025 · Preprint

ABSTRACT Introduction Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been used to assess an individual’s risk for various diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This study applied the PRS approach to a cohort of families ascertained for healthy…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.21.25331660
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Combined Effects of Fish, Light and Allochthonous Dissolved Organic Carbon on Interactions Between Green and Brown Food Webs: An Aquatic Mesocosm Experiment

Quévreux P, Zou K, Barot S et al. · 2025 · Freshwater Biology

The classical concepts of top‐down and bottom‐up cascading effects in ecosystems are challenged by the interactions between green and brown food webs. The green food web relies on photosynthesis and the brown food web relies on the…

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Lack of effect of renal function on uptake of 99m Tc-sestamibi in renal masses.

Amindarolzarbi A, Satcowitz K, Khalil A et al. · 2025 · Nuclear medicine communications

Objective The appropriate clinical management of indeterminate small renal masses can be improved based on accurate risk stratification. This study aimed to investigate the impact of renal function on the uptake of technetium-99m ( 99m…

View details →DOI: 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001960
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GABA<sub>B</sub> receptor-mediated modulation of sensory neuron excitability: Roles of Ca<sub>V</sub>2.2, G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK) channels, and hyperpolarisation-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels in human and mouse nociception.

Brizuela M, Bony AR, Garcia-Caraballo S et al. · 2026 · Experimental physiology

Chronic visceral pain is a key symptom of irritable bowel syndrome. Modulation of voltage-gated calcium and potassium channels by G protein-coupled receptors plays a key role in dampening nociceptive transmission. Both baclofen and the…

View details →DOI: 10.1113/ep093318
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Subcutaneous zilucoplan: Evaluation of reproductive toxicology.

Lemper M, Luetjens CM, Fuchs A et al. · 2025 · Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)

To further understand the safety profile of zilucoplan, reproductive toxicology studies in non-human primates (NHPs) were performed, including a male fertility study and a combined embryo-foetal development (EFD) and enhanced pre- and…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2025.108877
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AICAR Inhibits Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes via an AMPK-Independent, ZMP-Dependent Mechanism.

Alshuweishi Y, Binzomah Alghamdi F, Patrick K et al. · 2025 · Cells

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is activated by reduced cellular energy charge and mimics the action of insulin in muscle by stimulating increased trafficking of GLUT4 to the plasma membrane. In contrast, we have previously reported…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/cells14221811
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Accommodation microfluctuation in individuals with mTBI and the potential effect of chromatic filter on this parameter.

Almutairi NM, Hayes J, Hampson KM et al. · 2025 · Vision research

Individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) exhibit significant accommodative abnormalities. Accommodation microfluctuation (MFs) plays an important role in the accommodation steady-state control. This study was set to investigate…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2025.108545
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Connexin-43-Mediated Gap Junction Coupling Between Adipocytes Regulates Norepinephrine-Induced Ca<sup>2+</sup> Responses in Perivascular Adipose Tissue.

Kim AR, Jamka J, Jackson WF et al. · 2026 · Cells

Anticontractile factors secreted by perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) play an important role in regulating vascular tone. This process is driven by the neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE), but recent data show that adrenergic innervation…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/cells15100906
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Alpha-secretase inhibition impairs Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated protein synthesis, long-term potentiation and long-term depression.

Mockett BG, Davies JWT, Mills ZB et al. · 2024 · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences

Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (Gp1-mGluRs) exert a host of effects on cellular functions, including enhancement of protein synthesis and the associated facilitation of long-term potentiation (LTP) and induction of long-term…

View details →DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0481
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Pin1 promotes human Ca V 2.1 channel polyubiquitination by RNF138: pathophysiological implication for episodic ataxia type 2.

Fu SJ, Cheng KM, Hsiao CT et al. · 2024 · Cell communication and signaling : CCS

Loss-of-function mutations in the human gene encoding the neuron-specific Ca 2+ channel Ca V 2.1 are linked to the neurological disease episodic ataxia type 2 (EA2), as well as neurodevelopmental disorders such as developmental delay and…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12964-024-01960-9
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Viniferin-Rich Phytocomplex from <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. Plant Cell Culture Mitigates Neuroinflammation in BV2 Microglia Cells.

Videtta G, Sasia C, Quadrino S et al. · 2026 · Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Activation of microglia and resulting neuroinflammation are central processes that significantly contribute to neurodegenerative disease progression. Treatments capable of attenuating neuroinflammation are therefore an urgent medical need.…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/molecules31010196
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Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of a Cinnamon Product on CYP2A6 Substrate Drugs: Application of a Novel Tool Involving the Nicotine Metabolite Ratio.

Nguyen AP, Hadi DL, Todd DA et al. · 2026 · Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.) is used as a culinary spice and dietary supplement. A major constituent, cinnamaldehyde, was previously shown to inactivate cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2A6 in vitro. A mechanistic static model predicted an ~5-fold…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/cpt.70218
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The effects of early life pain and juvenile fear conditioning on CRF-receptor expression in the amygdala and hypothalamus of the juvenile rat.

Burman MA, Zuke JT · 2026 · PloS one

Early life pain and stress have lasting consequences on nervous system development that can interact with later stress or trauma to create a susceptibility to fear, anxiety, depression and chronic pain among other psychological disorders.…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326300
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The impact of CYP2D6 on donepezil concentration and its lack of effect on the treatment response and adverse effect in Korean patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Kim TE, Bae JW, Hong S et al. · 2025 · The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology

Donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, is widely used for managing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet its clinical response varies widely among individuals. This study aims to investigate the influence of CYP2D6 genetic…

View details →DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.24.239
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The Conditional Effect of Income Inequality on Obesity: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis.

Hu Q, Zhong W, Hu R · 2026 · Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing

Research on income inequality and obesity shows inconsistent results. This study tests if this relationship depends on a country's existing inequality level. We analyzed individual-level data (N = 22 938) from the 2011 and 2021…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/00469580261444418
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Tics and Parkinson's Disease: Clinical and Pathophysiological Insights from a Rare Syndromic Association.

Abkur T, Boogers A, Grippe T et al. · 2025 · Movement disorders clinical practice

Background The coexistence of tics with Parkinson's disease (PD) is rare, as they often emerge at different ages, follow different trajectories and involve contrasting pathophysiological mechanisms related to dopamine availability and…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/mdc3.70111
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MG53's non-physiologic interaction with insulin receptor: lack of effect on insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation in muscle, heart and liver tissues.

Lee KE, Nishi M, Kim J et al. · 2024 · Frontiers in endocrinology

Rationale MG53's known function in facilitating tissue repair and anti-inflammation has broad applications to regenerative medicine. There is controversy regarding MG53's role in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Objective This…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1425426
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Autoactivation of the HeLa 9903 test system during a full moon.

Krakowian D, Lach M, Żemła P et al. · 2025 · Cytotechnology

The HeLa 9903 cell line is used in the in vitro endocrine disruption assay (OECD 455). After treatment with an estrogen receptor agonist, the luminescence of these cells increases. However, some autoactivation of this test system may…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10616-025-00817-4