1.   The result has all the colourful character of other hand dragged kitchens, but with a very real and visible bonus.

2.   The results have to be published and should not be only of interest to the client group who put forward the proposal.

3.   This result has indirect value as well as direct practical significance.

4.   A gene has been identified but the results have yet to be confirmed.

5.   These results have important implications for the understanding of the natural history of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.

6.   However, it allows only about one third of patients to be diagnosed and therefore a negative result has little value.

7.   And while this must have been a challenge to imagine, the result has strains of that ambition but not much payoff.

8.   Anyone spoiling to challenge results likely will have ample grounds.