Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Impact of genetic background and experimental reproducibility on identifying chemical compounds with robust longevity effects

  • Mark Lucanic,
  • W. Todd Plummer,
  • Esteban Chen,
  • Jailynn Harke,
  • Anna C. Foulger,
  • Brian Onken,
  • Anna L. Coleman-Hulbert,
  • Kathleen J. Dumas,
  • Suzhen Guo,
  • Erik Johnson,
  • Dipa Bhaumik,
  • Jian Xue,
  • Anna B. Crist,
  • Michael P. Presley,
  • Girish Harinath,
  • Christine A. Sedore,
  • Manish Chamoli,
  • Shaunak Kamat,
  • Michelle K. Chen,
  • Suzanne Angeli,
  • Christina Chang,
  • John H. Willis,
  • Daniel Edgar,
  • Mary Anne Royal,
  • Elizabeth A. Chao,
  • Shobhna Patel,
  • Theo Garrett,
  • Carolina Ibanez-Ventoso,
  • June Hope,
  • Jason L Kish,
  • Max Guo,
  • Gordon J. Lithgow,
  • Monica Driscoll,
  • Patrick C. Phillips

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14256
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Irreproducibility of biological findings is a major challenge for drug development. Here the authors examine the lifespans of 22 worm strains in three different laboratories and the effects of ten known chemicals to assess reproducibility in the face of variations in genetic background, chemical treatment and lab environment.