Scientists have leapt over the emerging problem of publication bias within genetic research by performing a meta-analysis of publicly available databases of 'transcriptomes," or the full range of messenger RNA molecules produced by an organism. Researchers from Hiroshima University applied the technique to their own field—the study of the genes that are activated when an organism experiences low-oxygen conditions—but it should also be applicable in any other fields that make use of the transcriptome, providing a powerful weapon against the threat posed by publication bias.