A qualitative study of the barriers to using blinding in in vivo experiments and suggestions for improvement

• Natasha A. Karp ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: natasha.karp@astrazeneca.com

  Affiliation Data Sciences & Quantitative Biology, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8404-2907

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• Esther J. Pearl,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-0959

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• Emma J. Stringer,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biomedical Services Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Chris Barkus,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom

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• Jane Coates Ulrichsen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Early Oncology, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Nathalie Percie du Sert

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NC3Rs, London, United Kingdom

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