Advancing scientific knowledge in times of pandemics.

Researchers at the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describe their contribution to the global research effort against COVID-19 by trying to separate signal from noise in the preprint arena. This Comment article from the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine (PrIISM), New York, describes their efforts to provide critical reviews of COVID-19 articles posted daily on the preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv.