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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Saad F, Shams S, Ayaz S et al. · 2025 · Journal of medical virology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) poses significant risks to infants and immunocompromised individuals. This study investigated the prevalence, associated risk factors, and phylogenetic profile of CMV DNA in the breast milk of lactating mothers in…
Ueda M, Mitani H, Nakaki Y et al. · 2025 · Interventional radiology (Higashimatsuyama-shi (Japan)
Purpose: To evaluate the performance of automated tumor-feeder detection software in transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma using angio-computed tomography. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective study of 107…
Cui N, van Beers RJ, Smeets JBJ et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Emerging evidence suggests that decision making is not a purely cognitive process preceding motor output but rather an embodied phenomenon in which the sensorimotor system actively shapes choice selection. Beta oscillations (13–30 Hz) over…
Mottaghi M, Manda P, Morton EA et al. · 2025 · Cureus
We report the case of a 58-year-old woman who initially presented to the emergency department with intermittent nausea, vomiting, and left upper quadrant abdominal pain for six days. As part of the abdominal pain workup in the emergency…
Smith BJ, Stafne ET, Read QD · 2025 · PhytoFrontiers™
Phytophthora root rot is a major disease of blueberry that relies on cultural practices, including soil amendments, for disease management. We evaluated the effect of three cover crops on the establishment and growth of southern highbush…
Akinosho A, Alexander J, Floyd K et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Transgenerational inheritance of learned behaviors remains a controversial topic in biology. The Murphy lab previously demonstrated that C. elegans exposed to pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA14) not only learn to avoid this bacterium…
Ruiz-Rebollo ML, Muñoz-Moreno MF · 2025 · Medicina clinica
Background Acute pancreatitis can affect elderly people. Conflicting results have been published regarding the role of age in the course of this life-threatening disease. Aim To assess the clinical outcomes of acute pancreatitis in…
Wilmshurst P · 2026 · Clinical medicine (London, England)
One-quarter of adults have a persistent (patent) foramen ovale (PFO). Right-to-left shunting through a PFO can facilitate paradoxical thromboembolism, cryptogenic stroke, paradoxical gas embolism, decompression sickness, arterial…
Wei Q, Wang SA, Garcia-Manero G et al. · 2025 · Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc
Identification of cytogenetic abnormalities is critical for the classification and risk stratification of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Optical genome mapping (OGM) is an emerging cytogenomic platform that enables high-resolution…
Noorelahi Y · 2025 · Radiology research and practice
Objective Accurate meniscal tear diagnosis is essential for proper knee injury management. While MRI is the gold standard, ultrasound (US) offers a cost-effective alternative. However, its accuracy compared to arthroscopy remains…
Dachraoui K, Ben Osman R, Ben Slama S et al. · 2025 · Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
A total of 20 horses belonging to the Pasteur Institute of Tunis used for the production of therapeutic serum antiscorpion venom were tested for the presence of antibodies anti-West Nile virus (WNV) during the 2023 outbreak of West Nile…
Nkoy AB, Mumaka FM, Matoka TT et al. · 2026 · Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
Background Serum creatinine (SCr), the most used biomarker to evaluate glomerular filtration rate (GFR), might be inaccurate in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA). In this context, cystatin C (SCys) could be of interest. This study…
Hagenbeek A, Masukagami Y, Palanichamy P et al. · 2026 · BMC genomics
The intracellular endosymbiont Candidatus Lariskella (Alphaproteobacteria, Candidatus Midichloriaceae) has been found across a wide diversity of terrestrial arthropods, including ticks, true bugs, beetles, fleas, wasps and moths. Despite…
Wang Y, Kong X, Wei H et al. · 2025 · Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia
Introduction The Bethesda assay (BA) and the Nijmegen-Bethesda assay (NBA) are commonly used to measure inhibitors in patients with haemophilia A (HA). The laboratory results of inhibitor assays have been demonstrated to be highly…
Malinowska K, Wawrzynowicz M, Markowska K et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Conservation decision-making requires accurate identification of causes of population changes. Ecologists often rely on analytical protocols that aggregate high-dimensional monitoring data. We hypothesise that compressing data - either…
Jena S, Kim D, Lee AM et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract Background: Disease heterogeneity across a diverse patient cohort poses challenges to cancer drug development due to inter-patient variability in treatment responses. However, current preclinical models fail to depict…
Caldwell MW, Brownstein CD, Meyer DL et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Accurate reconstruction of the timescale of organismal evolution requires placement of extinct representatives among living branches. In this way, the fossil record has the capacity to revise hypotheses of organismal evolution by producing…
Hall AD, Whitehurst DA, Mortensen JE et al. · 2025 · Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy
Malaria remains a significant public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ethiopia where Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are co-endemic. Most cases in the United States are acquired abroad and imported.…
Atencia S, Mateu N, Rodríguez-Cobos A et al. · 2025 · Veterinary research communications
Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is a frequent pathogen in dogs and a component of the Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC). However, it can also be detected in the lower respiratory tract of healthy animals, complicating…
Kaiser A, Resasco J, Dee L · 2025 · Preprint
Abstract As urban populations grow, conserving biodiversity within cities is increasingly vital and of global policy interest. However, urban environments pose unique challenges for understanding drivers of biodiversity change, as…
Robinson ZP, Steele J, Helms ER et al. · 2025 · Preprint
ABSTRACT Purpose There is growing emphasis on investigating heterogeneity in resistance training (RT) outcomes, likely motivated by observations of substantial gross variability in training effects. However, gross variability does not…
Al Sawafi M, Potdar S · 2025 · Trauma case reports
Background Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is a cornerstone in the early assessment of trauma patients. However, a negative initial FAST does not always rule out intra-abdominal injury. Case presentation A middle-aged…
Cooper WR, Ohler B, Wenninger EJ et al. · 2025 · Environmental entomology
Bactericera maculipennis (Crawford) and Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) share hosts within the Solanaceae and Convolvulaceae (Solanales), and both are associated with "Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum" (Lso). Lso,…
Xia MH, Liu KC, Zhao W et al. · 2025 · Brachytherapy
Purpose To compare the effectiveness and safety of CT-guided iodine-125 seed brachytherapy in conjunction with chemotherapy against chemotherapy alone for the management of intermediate and advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)…
Joly A, Thoumas J, Lambert A et al. · 2024 · Preprint
Dysregulation of energy metabolism, including hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and fatty liver have been reported in a substantial proportion of lean children. However, non-obese murine models recapitulating these features are lacking to…
Kavoussi PK, Weiss J, Pyo J et al. · 2026 · The Journal of urology
Purpose To assess varicocele repair effect on semen parameters and improved candidacy for in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection or lesser involved treatment options depending on semen parameter response following…
Strowd RE, de la Fuente M, Bauer TM et al. · 2026 · Neuro-oncology advances
Recurrent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type glioblastoma has no established standard-of-care treatment. Preclinical models have demonstrated that hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) contributes to stabilizing the hypoxic…
Yin H, Yu Y, Shen Y · 2024 · International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience
Cerebellofaciodental syndrome characterized with dysmorphic features, intellectual disability, and brain anomalies. Now its clinical spectrum expanded more manifestations including bilateral sensorineural hearing impairment and inner ear…
Gerpe C, Toscano MJ · 2024 · Journal of Applied Poultry Research.
The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of two interventions (i.e., two treatments across two independent experiments, each with its own control) that were thought to reduce fractures and stress related responses (e.g., changes…
Kaya G, Yüksel H, Taneli F et al. · 2026 · Clinical and translational science
In cat sensitized children, decision to eliminate exposure to cats depends on the clinical outcome. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between molecular cat allergen sensitization and exhaled breath condensate (EBC) IL-4,…