What is it about?
We analyzed comparatively the use of different types of microscopy in pharmacology and cell biology, among other biomedical sciences fields.
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Why is it important?
The collection of data described in this paper shows a vast difference in the use of microscopy among different fields of biomedical sciences. The data presented here could be valuable in other scientific and educational contexts.Our analysis showed that nearly half of the articles from the pharmacology journals did not use any microscopy method, compared to the use of microscopy in almost all (97%) of the articles from the cell biology journals.
Perspectives
We hope that our study will provide support for a critical evaluation of the impact of the use of microscopy in the pharmacology field and in biomedical sciences in general. Giving the advancement in the recent years in the microscopy field, allowing the high-resolution analysis of real-time dynamic processes in cells and tissues, we can conclude that the pharmacology research field could gain novel horizons by including new microscopy techniques in their studies.
Claudia Mermelstein
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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This page is a summary of: A comparative study on the use of microscopy in pharmacology and cell biology research, PLOS One, January 2021, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245795.
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