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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

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…

View details →DOI: 10.1113/jp287912
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

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
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

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
Negative / Null Result Report

Occupational Transmission of Measles Despite COVID-19 Precautions

De Carli G, Giombini E, Colosi A et al. · 2025 · Preprint

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: 10.20944/preprints202504.1296.v1
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Mechanisms of chemotherapy-induced oocyte death through activation of TAp63α.

Gutfreund N, Tuppi M, Schäfer B et al. · 2025 · Reproduction (Cambridge, England)

In brief Induction of DNA double-strand breaks results in oocyte death caused by the activation of TAp63α. This study investigates which chemotherapeutic drugs activate p63 and which cause oocyte death without p63 activation. Abstract…

View details →DOI: 10.1530/rep-24-0225
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in a highly sensitized patient with focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis.

Guzzo I, Becilli M, Cappoli A et al. · 2025 · Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)

Background High panel reactive antibody (PRA) titers are a significant challenge for patients undergoing kidney transplantation. Currently, no desensitization protocol has proven effective in preventing mid- and long-term graft loss. In…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06884-1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Submaximal Eccentric Training During Immobilization Does Not Prevent Serial Sarcomere Loss or Impairments in Mechanical Function in Old or Young Rats.

Hinks A, Vlemmix E, Power GA · 2025 · The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

The age-related loss of muscle mass is partly driven by a reduction in serial sarcomere number (SSN), and further SSN loss occurs during immobilization. Serial sarcomere number is associated with optimal force and power production and…

View details →DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glaf082
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

ICMT deficiency ameliorates weight loss and mortality, but not tumor formation in a mouse model of liver cancer.

Czarnota P, Gromowski T, Golda A et al. · 2026 · Cell communication and signaling : CCS

Liver cancer often arises in the setting of chronic liver disease and remains a major global health challenge with limited effective treatments. Isoprenylcysteine Carboxyl Methyltransferase (ICMT) is an enzyme that catalyzes the…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12964-026-02775-6
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Aerobic Exercise and Subsequent Venoconstrictive Thigh Cuffs Preserve Cardiorespiratory Fitness but Not Muscle Function after 30 Days of Bed Rest.

Berger L, Mulder E, Zange J et al. · 2025 · Medicine and science in sports and exercise

Purpose During spaceflight, countermeasures are crucial to counteract cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal deconditioning, similar to effects seen after prolonged immobilization. Within a bed rest study simulating the effects of…

View details →DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003803
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Preventive Effects of Cement and Hook Augmentation on Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Development in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Multiple Regression Analyses With Adjustment for Confounding Factors.

Park SJ, Park JS, Kang DH et al. · 2025 · Neurosurgery

Background and objectives Cement augmentation and hook fixation are popular prophylactic techniques against proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) development. However, the efficacy of cement and hook has been inconsistent and conflicting.…

View details →DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000003454
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Delphinidin modulates neuroinflammation and behavioral deficits in a Parkinson's disease mouse model.

Grotemeyer A, Alexander S, Frieß L et al. · 2026 · NPJ Parkinson's disease

Neuroinflammation is deeply intertwined with dopaminergic (DA) neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). We tested whether delphinidin, an anthocyanidin with reported inflammasome/NF-κB modulatory activity, alters neuroinflammation…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-01244-0
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Secondary Displacement was Common in Healing Distal Femur Fractures in a Cohort of Elderly Patients.

Paulsson M, Ekholm C, Rolfson O et al. · 2024 · Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation

Introduction Surgical treatment of distal femoral fractures (DFFs) in osteoporotic bone is challenging despite improvements in hardware and surgical techniques. The occurrence and degree of secondary displacement during healing after…

View details →DOI: 10.1177/21514593241280914
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Effects of a whole-school relationships and sexual health intervention on non-competent sexual debut: cluster-randomised trial.

Ponsford R, Meiksin R, Sturgess J et al. · 2026 · Journal of epidemiology and community health

Background Relationships and sex education (RSE) impacts some sexual behaviours but could be strengthened by incorporating whole-school approaches (eg, building engagement, providing contraception). These can prevent pregnancies and…

View details →DOI: 10.1136/jech-2025-225004
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Efficiency of Cinnamomum camphora var. linaloofera Fujita essential oil, MS-222, and linalool on anesthesia and transportation of spotted seabass (Lateolabrax maculatus).

Cao J, Guo M, Wang J et al. · 2025 · Fish physiology and biochemistry

Plant-based essential oils have been considered to be used as fish anesthetics and as suitable alternatives to synthetic anesthetics. In this study, we evaluated the effect of Cinnamomum camphora var. linaloofera Fujita essential oil…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s10695-025-01500-3
Failed Experiment Report

Clostridioides difficile major toxins remodel the intestinal epithelia, affecting spore adherence/internalization into intestinal tissue and their association with gut vitronectin

Castro-Cordova P, Lopez-Garcia OK, Orozco J et al. · 2025 · Preprint

The most common cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea and colitis in the U.S., is Clostridioides difficile , a spore-forming pathogen. Two toxins, TcdA and TcdB, are major virulence factors essential for disease manifestations, while C.…

View details →DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.29.635439
Failed Experiment Report

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. · 2024 · Preprint

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: 10.1101/2024.06.17.599254
Failed Experiment 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…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2025.111272
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Evaluation of the efficacy of polymeric antigen BLSOmp31 formulated in a new cage-like particle adjuvant (ISPA YOLK) administered by parenteral or mucosal routes against Brucella ovis in rams.

Moran MC, Tammone Santos A, Dominguez P et al. · 2025 · Veterinary immunology and immunopathology

Brucella ovis (B. ovis) is the etiological agent of ram-contagious epididymitis, the leading cause of reproductive disorders in flocks worldwide. Although the attenuated B. melitensis Rev.1 strain gives heterologous protection against this…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2025.110997