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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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Combination of metronomic oral pazopanib and topotecan for recurrent glioblastoma with and without previous bevacizumab: Results from a phase 2 clinical trial.

Ozer BH, Cohen AL, Colman H et al. · 2026 · Neuro-oncology advances

Background Glioblastoma (GBM) has limited effective salvage therapy options. The combination of the Type 1B topoisomerase/HIF1α inhibitor topotecan and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor pazopanib has shown promise in solid tumors and may be…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/noajnl/vdaf261
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Hormonal mechanism and pathogenetic therapy of citalopram-induced infertility in female rats.

Delibasi IB, Gumusburun N, Bulut S et al. · 2025 · Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.)

Citalopram is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) and has been associated with reproductive dysfunction in women. In this study, the effects of citalopram on reproductive health in female rats were investigated. Albino Wistar…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2025.108859
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Persistent Hyperparathyroidism in Vitamin D-Dependent Rickets Type 2A Does Not Prevent Normalization of Hypophosphatemia or Healing of the Rickets.

Lodefalk M, Nilsson O · 2025 · Hormone research in paediatrics

Introduction Vitamin D-dependent rickets type 2A (VDDR2A) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants of the VDR gene encoding the vitamin D receptor. It has been proposed to be a form of parathyroid hormone…

View details →DOI: 10.1159/000546444
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A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial Investigating Keratinocyte Growth Factor-Hair Serum for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia.

Mann K, Potluri P, Paul EE et al. · 2026 · Journal of cosmetic dermatology

Introduction Chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA) is known to have a significant psychological and quality of life impact. Although cold caps have been shown to prevent CIA, expense and extension of treatment durations are barriers for…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/jocd.70797
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Germination control by a hard seed coat: insights from a tropical legume.

Pereira GF, Sanches MC, De-Paula OC et al. · 2025 · Scientific reports

Classifying seed dormancy is an essential task for plant propagation; however, several plant species lack information about the kind of dormancy the seeds have or inaccurate reports are passed on without an in-depth investigation. We…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-27823-y
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The tail segments are required by the performance but not the accomplishment of various modes of Drosophila larval locomotion.

He Y, Ding Y, Gong C et al. · 2024 · Behavioural brain research

The tail plays important roles in locomotion control in many animals. But in animals with multiple body segments, the roles of the hind body segments and corresponding innervating neurons in locomotion control are not clear. Here, using…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2024.115074
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Effects of Double J Stent (DJS) Placement Before Pediatric ESWL on Complications and Stone-free Rates.

Bosnali E, Mutlu N, Cakmak K et al. · 2025 · Journal of pediatric surgery

Background Pediatric urolithiasis remains a significant health problem in certain regions worldwide. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the preferred treatment for upper urinary tract stones smaller than 20 mm in children due…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162274
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Effect of N-Acetylcysteine, Ascorbic Acid, and a Vitamin E Analog on Oxidative and Storage Lesions in Canine Packed Red Blood Cells.

Roque-Torres JL, Woolcock AD, Santos A et al. · 2025 · Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)

Objective To describe storage and oxidative lesions in canine packed red blood cells (pRBCs) during routine storage with additives, including saline, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), ascorbic acid (AA), and vitamin E analog (VE). Design…

View details →DOI: 10.1111/vec.70002
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Dasatinib and Quercetin Combination Increased Kidney Damage in Acute Folic Acid-Induced Experimental Nephropathy.

Battaglia-Vieni A, Marchant V, Tejedor-Santamaria L et al. · 2025 · Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)

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: 10.3390/ph18060822
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Loss of the ER-cargo protein CLN8 increases severity of acute pancreatitis and upregulates ER-stress and ER-phagy.

Zierke L, Gischke M, Sendler M et al. · 2026 · Molecular biomedicine

Acute pancreatitis is caused by a premature activation of digestive proteases. One hypothesis is based on the proteolytic activation of the serine protease trypsinogen by the lysosomal enzyme cathepsin B (CTSB) after co-localization in the…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s43556-026-00479-4
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Oxidative stress impairs processive motility of the axonal transport motor KIF1A.

Chen AP, Pandey H, Hancock WO · 2026 · The Journal of biological chemistry

The kinesin-3 family member, KIF1A is an essential motor protein that carries out intracellular transport in neurons. Previous work has established that: (1) intracellular transport can be impaired in neurodegenerative diseases such as…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2026.111471
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Peripherally administered TNF inhibitor is not protective against α-synuclein-induced dopaminergic neuronal death in rats.

Christiansen JR, Ferreira SA, Szymkowski DE et al. · 2025 · Neurobiology of disease

The underlying cause of neuronal loss in Parkinson's disease (PD) remains unknown, but evidence implicates neuroinflammation in PD pathobiology. The pro-inflammatory cytokine soluble tumor necrosis factor (TNF) seems to play an important…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2025.106803
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Occupational Transmission of Measles Despite COVID-19 Precautions.

De Carli G, Giombini E, Colosi A et al. · 2025 · Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

To determine whether patient-to-doctor transmission of measles occurred in an emergency department (ED) despite isolation precautions and full personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, an epidemiological and…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14060519
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GalNAc Carbohydrate Prevents the Formation of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Increase Myeloperoxidase Enzyme Activity in Interactions of Neutrophils and Entamoeba histolytica Preincubated With GalNAc.

Levaro-Loquio D, Cruz-Baquero A, Higuera-Martínez G et al. · 2026 · BioMed research international

During amoebic infection, neutrophils are the first cells of the immune system to interact with trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica, initiating amoebicidal activity. Different lectins and carbohydrates can participate in the mechanism of…

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Impact of age on the reliability of GE Entropy™ module indices for guidance of maintenance of anaesthesia in adult patients: a single-centre retrospective analysis.

Ebensperger M, Kreuzer M, Kratzer S et al. · 2025 · British journal of anaesthesia

Background The GE Entropy™ module uses frontal EEG to compute the processed indices state entropy (SE), response entropy (RE), and burst suppression ratio (BSR) to guide maintenance of anaesthesia by supposedly minimising overly 'deep' or…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.11.050
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Peripherally administered TNF inhibitor is not protective against α-synuclein-induced dopaminergic neuronal death in rats

Christiansen JR, Ferreira SA, Szymkowski DE et al. · 2024 · Preprint

ABSTRACT The underlying cause of neuronal loss in Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains unknown, but evidence implicates neuroinflammation in PD pathobiology. The pro-inflammatory cytokine soluble tumor necrosis factor (TNF) seems to play an…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.11.617361
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Exploring the functional, protective, and transcriptomic effects of GIP on cytokine-exposed human pancreatic islets and EndoC-βH5 cells.

Henriksen K, Jørgensen A, Kaur S et al. · 2025 · Molecular and cellular endocrinology

Immune-mediated beta-cell destruction and lack of alpha-cell responsiveness to hypoglycaemia are hallmarks of type 1 diabetes pathology. The incretin hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) may hold therapeutic potential…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2025.112522
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Neurotropin® alleviates nerve damage in a mouse chronic nerve compression model.

Shimada T, Iwahashi T, Suzuki K et al. · 2025 · Journal of pharmacological sciences

Chronic nerve compression disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, are common and can significantly impair daily activities due to motor and sensory dysfunctions. Currently, no systemic pharmacotherapy exists for preventing or treating…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jphs.2024.12.006
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Inhibition of osteocyte apoptosis does not prevent iron overload-induced bone resorption and bone loss.

Guo Z, Hu Y, Zhou J et al. · 2025 · Biochemical and biophysical research communications

Iron overload leads to apoptosis and increased expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand (RANKL) in osteocytes, which in turn accelerates osteoclastogenesis. Since osteocytes are the main RANKL producers, we…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.151152
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Time-restricted feeding does not improve daily rhythms in locomotion and drinking disrupted by artificial light at night.

Rumanova VS, Foppen E, Okuliarova M et al. · 2025 · Physiology & behavior

Exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) disrupts natural darkness and desynchronizes daily rhythms in physiological processes and behavior. Previously, in rats, we have shown that dim ALAN disturbed the central circadian control and…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114780
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Evaluation of preventive methods used to interrupt the progression of early caries lesions.

Lima da Silva AP, de Oliveira TP, Nogueira RD et al. · 2025 · Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry

Background The objective was to evaluate the surface hardness of white spot lesions (WSL) treated with different caries prevention methods. Material and methods The Knoop microhardness (µKH) of 50 bovine dental enamel fragments was…

View details →DOI: 10.4317/jced.62588
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Oxidative Stress Parameters are Differentially Regulated in Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue by Western Diet and Intermittent Fasting.

Correia de Lima Junior N, Fernandes-Batista T, Ferreira-Serra L et al. · 2025 · Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme

The consumption of Western diet, characterized by high sugar and saturated fat content, often leads to weight gain and promotes oxidative stress. Intermittent fasting has emerged as a potential strategy to combat obesity, but its effects…

View details →DOI: 10.1055/a-2634-0201
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Angiotensin II prevents the metabolic but not the transdifferentiating effect of EGF on vascular smooth muscle cells from human female donors.

Dubourg V, Akhtar N, Kopf M et al. · 2026 · iScience

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are at the center of vascular diseases but studies on VSMCs from human females are rare and the medical need for female-specific vascular research is urgent. VSMCs are simultaneously subjected to…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.115886
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Fundoplication at the time of paraesophageal hernia repair does not decrease the rate of hernia recurrence or postoperative reflux.

Lyons J, Chatha HN, Boutros C et al. · 2025 · Surgical endoscopy

Background Fundoplication at the time of paraesophageal hernia (PEH) repair is thought to help prevent the development or persistence of postoperative gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) and might also prevent hernia recurrence. However, the…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00464-024-11317-5
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Orally administered Cannabigerol (CBG) in rats: Cannabimimetic actions, anxiety-like behavior, and inflammation-induced pain.

Weerts EM, Jenkins BW, Kuang RY et al. · 2024 · Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior

Cannabigerol (CBG) is a phytocannabinoid found in cannabis that is promoted for medical use and other health benefits, but current empirical data on the behavioral effects of CBG are lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2024.173883
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Progression of cortical hypertrophy, subsidence and thigh pain after short curved fitmore femoral hip stem over 10 years.

Maier KS, Schiener T, Frigg A · 2025 · Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research

Background Short femoral stems were introduced for total hip arthroplasty (THA) to preserve bone stock, increase proximal load transfer, and enable minimal invasive approaches. However, after implanting the short curved Fitmore hip stem,…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-06064-9