{
  "id": 12439830,
  "title": "Poor antibody validation wastes millions of biological samples, but solutions exist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/poor-antibody-validation-wastes-millions-of-biological-samples-but",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-06T18:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-poor-antibody-validation-millions-biological.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A widespread failure to validate research antibodies before use is estimated to lead to the avoidable waste of millions of animal and human tissue samples worldwide, and an international expert panel has reached consensus on how to address the problem, according to two studies published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Harvinder Virk of the University of Leicester, U.K., and colleagues.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}