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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Li QX, Luo LZ · 2026 · BMC infectious diseases
Background Cutaneous infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are rare. Atypical clinical manifestations and the need for precise microbiological identification often result in misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis. Case…
Gambuś K, Moszczyński K, Popovchenko S et al. · 2026 · Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Introduction Accurate assessment of mediastinal lymph node involvement is crucial for treatment planning in lung cancer. Combined endobronchial and endoscopic ultrasound (CUS) offers high sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV),…
Connolly M, McClelland L, Tannorella P et al. · 2026 · Prenatal diagnosis
Objective Prenatal genetic testing for imprinting disorders is rarely requested with the exception of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) which is associated with specific ultrasound findings (e.g., placental mesenchymal dysplasia,…
Ailun G, Li Y, Zhang D et al. · 2026 · Journal of medical case reports
Ovarian carcinosarcoma, also known as malignant mixed Müllerian tumor (MMMT), is a rare and highly aggressive gynecologic malignancy characterized by the presence of both epithelial and mesenchymal components. It predominantly affects…
Schroeder TH, Eliwi Alsaffan M, Stäudle H et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine
Background: Blood cultures often yield negative results in critically ill patients, particularly after antimicrobial therapy has started. Plasma metagenomic next-generation sequencing enables culture-independent pathogen detection, but its…
Rhodes JM · 2026 · The British journal of nutrition
It is widely known that the short chain fatty acid (SFA) butyrate, generated mainly through fermentation of dietary fibre by anaerobic bacteria, has beneficial effects on health. Less widely known is that butyrate, at the concentration…
Wang H, Ardura MI, Oyeniran SJ et al. · 2026 · ASM case reports
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) continues to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are the preferred method for both diagnosing CMV infection and…
Hinoshita M, Maeda Y, Kawai A et al. · 2026 · The Journal of toxicological sciences
The modified electron spin resonance (ESR)-based photosafety test (ESR-PT) is a non-animal prediction test using ESR spectroscopy that is applicable to hydrophobic and colored chemicals and the results show high concordance with existing…
Christopher-Stine L · 2026 · The Journal of rheumatology
Although statin-induced muscle toxicity was recognized, a subset of patients presented with severe, persistent necrotizing myopathy despite statin withdrawal. Recognized initially through the serendipitous aggregation of cases in the…
Alvarez AM, Vega M, Valencia-Shelton F et al. · 2026 · Cureus
Background The evaluation of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) includes HSV culture and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of different surfaces, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and blood. However, the impact of blood HSV PCR for the…
Mangiameli G, Brascia D, Re Cecconi E et al. · 2026 · Updates in surgery
The role of surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains controversial, particularly after the negative results of the MARS 1 and 2 trials. Lung-sparing cytoreductive procedures such as extended pleurectomy/decortication (eP/D)…
Feng Q, Liu B, Liu H et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in microbiology
Background Accurately diagnosing central nervous system (CNS) infections remains challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in diagnosing suspected CNS infections and its…
Tsutsumi Y, Nagasaki T, Muraki M et al. · 2026 · Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Rapid molecular and immunological assays for tuberculosis, including loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and T-SPOT.TB assays, may yield false-negative results. We herein report a 62-year-old immunocompetent man with a productive…
Novy E, Schaeffer A, Nguyen M et al. · 2026 · Critical care (London, England)
BACKGROUND: Intra-abdominal candidiasis (IAC) is a severe form of invasive candidiasis that affects critically ill patients and is associated with a high mortality rate and persistent diagnostic delays. Conventional fungal culture from…
Tomlinson J, Roberson E, Klee V et al. · 2026 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration
Objective: Assess the accuracy of ALS patient recall of genetic testing results and evaluate comprehension of key implications of results. Methods: Participants were recruited from the Center for Disease Control's National ALS Registry. A…
Alvarez Mulett S, Molina Garcia S, Abu Saleh O et al. · 2026 · Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Background Central nervous system (CNS) infections are significant causes of morbidity and mortality, especially when diagnosis is delayed. Traditional cerebrospinal fluid diagnostic methods for CNS infections have limited sensitivity.…
Lükewille L, Wiegand S, Fazel A et al. · 2026 · Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a standard procedure for nodal staging in cutaneous melanoma. However, its diagnostic performance in the head and neck region remains limited due to complex lymphatic drainage patterns. This…
Zhang J, Su M, Zhang Y et al. · 2025 · Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics
Objective To explore the reasons for false negative results by Optical genome mapping (OGM) analysis of three cases and propose strategies for handling them. Methods Three patients presented at the Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University…
Pantazis JC, Palmer AC · 2026 · Molecular cancer therapeutics
The phase III study of romidepsin plus CHOP for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) yielded negative results in the overall analysis and showed that outcomes were only improved in the T follicular helper (TFH) subgroup of PTCL, with no…
Kwatra D, Wakeford W, Ally M et al. · 2026 · BMC endocrine disorders
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the concordance of the NBCL CONNECT Point-of-Care (POC) Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone (IOPTH) assay with a Central Laboratory standard, with a focus on percentage drops and the usefulness of POC testing in…
Saucedo M, Chamorro MF, Passler T et al. · 2026 · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Objective This study aimed to compare the most accurate sample type, test, and timing for detecting bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in persistently infected (PI) calves at different time points following birth and colostrum intake.…
Badelita SN, Sandu HM, Coriu D et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in oncology
Bone marrow hemodilution could compromise next generation flow cytometry based measurable residual disease evaluation in multiple myeloma and may cause false negative results. This review summarizes definitions, markers, indices,…
Behjatnia H, Couto P, Castillo Y et al. · 2026 · The American journal of case reports
BACKGROUND Fungal endocarditis constitutes up to 3% of diagnosed infective endocarditis cases, and Histoplasma spp. cause approximately 10% of fungal endocarditis cases. Histoplasma infection occurs through inhalation of spores typically…
Shi H, Li W, Guo L et al. · 2025 · Journal of thoracic disease
Background Both amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) are able to identify sensitizing epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ) mutations of non-small cell lung…
Ceran Serdar C · 2026 · The Turkish journal of pediatrics
Background Biotinidase deficiency is a core condition in newborn screening programs worldwide. While fluorometric enzyme activity assays from dried blood spots (DBS) are the standard first-tier test, their accuracy can be susceptible to…
Guerrero-Tánori DM, Martínez-Guerrero A, Müller MF et al. · 2026 · MethodsX
The Mozart effect has been the subject of lively but also controversial debate in literature during the last decades. Positive as well as negative results have been reported, using different musical stimuli as well as cognitive tasks. In…
Orciari LA, Wicker V, Bonaparte S et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Point-of-care, immunochromatographic tests have not reliably detected rabies virus and have not utilized a consistent diagnostic protocol. International diagnostic standards established by the World Organization for Animal Health require…
Loomba R, Sanyal AJ, Nakajima A et al. · 2024 · Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Background & aims Pegbelfermin is a polyethlene glycol-conjugated analog of human fibroblast growth factor 21, a nonmitogenic hormone that regulates energy metabolism. This phase 2b study evaluated 48-week pegbelfermin treatment in…
Yanagihara K, Nagata K, Yamakawa T et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Backgrounds: . Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immunohistochemistry (IHC) is a critical predictive biomarker for immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, prolonged storage of…
Obeidat A, Sabbah BN, Mandourah H et al. · 2025 · Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
Introduction Testicular sperm extraction (TESE) is a common procedure for retrieving sperm in men with azoospermia. However, the success rates of a second TESE following an initial unsuccessful attempt remain low. This study aims to…