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Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles
Activity 1 Choosing the Correct Verb Tense for the Introduction Circle the correct verb tense and explain why it is correct. 1. Our transfection experiments (a) _____ that BDNF (b) _____ a role…. (a) reveal / revealed / have revealed (b) plays / played / has played
2. Human musculoskeletal sarcomas _____ a number of proangiogenic factors. express / expressed / have expressed
3. Previous work in our laboratory (a) _____ that PRP-B (b) _____ the growth of tumors…. (a) establishes / established / has established (b) can inhibit / could inhibit / could have inhibited
4. Together, these results strongly argue that ET743 _____ effective against CHSA. is / was / has been
5. On the basis of this finding, we (a) _____ that p14 ARF hypermethylation (b) _____ during the progression of ulcerative colitis mucosa to carcinoma. (a) hypothesize / hypothesized / have hypothesized (b) occurs / occurred / has occurred
6. This question _____ a subject of controversy since the early 1990s. is / was / has been
7. Despite substantial progress in animal studies, BDNF’s relevance in humans _____ directly. is not examined / was not examined / has not been examined
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