Embracing Stewardship

Embracing Changes

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As the field of chemical biology has grown, Nature Chemical Biology has expanded to reflect the diversity of science at the interface of chemistry and biology. Throughout this period, the editorial team has endeavored to publish leading research and thoughtful commentary across chemical biology and to present the field’s discoveries to the widest possible audience. As we enter our sixth volume,...

Antibiotic Stewardship without an Antibiotic Stewardship Program?

To promote heightened vigilance concerning antibiotic agents in Canadian hospitals, Accreditation Canada has implemented antibiotic stewardship as a required organizational practice.1 Antibiotic stewardship is the process of ensuring that only necessary and appropriate antibiotic agents are used and that their use is appropriate for each individual patient. It involves optimizing all steps of a...

Editorial: Embracing Scrutiny

are accustomed to scrutiny such as experimental protocol reviews, oversight on research conduct, and critiques provided during the peer-review publication process. We especially anticipate the post-publication period during which others attempt to reproduce, validate , and then build on our work. All this scrutiny is basic to establishing the credibility of our findings. We therefore should not...