The Voinnet investigator and the tricky issue of conflict of interests
Great scientists never have any conflicts of interests, and in the case of the investigation of the research misconduct byContinue Reading
Month: November 2016
Post-publication peer review of a multimillion-dollar-heavy Nature paper
Is GPC1 from serum exosomes a marker to diagnose pancreatic cancer?
Business interests trump patient safety, says EU about trachea transplant trial
The European Union (EU) is firmly determined to see dozens of patients transplanted with “regenerated” tracheas made by the methodContinue Reading
Collapse of Biotrachea, or how Macchiarini’s greed saved human lives
The trachea transplant experiments by Paolo Macchiarini left many of his trusting patients dead or mutilated. His €5.5 Million EU-fundedContinue Reading
Unveiling the mystery of fallen microbiologist Robert Ryan
The young star of microbiology Robert Ryan, rose to great heights only to be publicly shot down, without much of anContinue Reading
Mass investigation of 9 senior scientists at Karolinska Institutet
The scandal-shaken Swedish Karolinska Institutet (KI) invited nine of their research group leaders and professors to explain themselves about dataContinue Reading
Professor Macchiarini, because Medical University of Hannover wants it so
If these days you should bump into the miracle surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, do not just greet him with some offhandContinue Reading
Claudia’s trachea
This is the English original of my story for Hipertextual, first published in Spanish on 27.10.2016. What did we learn from the tracheaContinue Reading
Dean acting outside his competence and the illusion of Freedom of Information in Germany
The Berlin head ophthalmologist Antonia Joussen once set her lawyer upon me, demanding up to €80000 in damages for my reportingContinue Reading
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