Though it is small, if its conclusions are upheld by subsequent work it may help explain what is going on in Alzheimer's disease.
Only time will tell whether the Reproducibility Project gets it right and whether its conclusions are ultimately sustained by independent studies.
Yet for all the question marks it leaves, and however queasy the aftertaste, its conclusions are never open-ended.
Cage claims its conclusions are based on evidence, from those it has advised and from the experience of its key figures.
Although the formation of TFH cells was not examined in that study, its conclusions are in agreement with the notion that it is intrinsic TLR signaling in DCs, rather than in B cells, that drives the increased formation of TFH cells in response to CpG after immunization with protein antigens.
The I.P.C.C. doesn't conduct any research of its own — its conclusions are based entirely on already-published scientific papers — so it could be argued that there was no real news in the latest document.
And its conclusions are heartening.
But in the end, its conclusions are far from positive.
The imprecision makes this document appear sloppy, whether its conclusions are justified or not.
The panel is not imposing a fine on Kraft, but its conclusions are not without consequences.
Once the final report is completed, its conclusions are subject to the approval of the four-member commission.
