Can lawyers influence a misconduct investigation? Case of Tina Wenz
Tina Wenz is a German mitochondria biologist, who was now found guilty of research misconduct in her six publications, authoredContinue Reading
Author: Leonid Schneider
Independent Science Journalist and Cartoonist.
Formerly molecular cell biologist. My academic CV at: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6204-9470
Mild criticism only for Sumitran-Holgersson and Olausson from Gothenburg University Hospital investigation
The indestructible Swedish regenerative medicine researcher Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson could have been stopped early on, and a patient of hers couldContinue Reading
The newly found innocence of Paolo Macchiarini
The tide is turning for the fallen star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini, who transplanted numerous patients with lethal tracheas made outContinue Reading
Professors: innocent victims of snakes at their bosoms? A guest post from Sweden
Certain previous cases do not make Swedish investigative authorities look good in regard to research ethics.
Beall-listed Frontiers empire strikes back
The Swiss publishing business Frontiers was placed by the US librarian Jeffrey Beall on his well-known and hotly disputed listContinue Reading
Macchiarini acolyte Philipp Jungebluth left surgeon job in Heidelberg
The following article provoked a response by Philipp Jungebluth’s lawyer, presented here. The title was changed following a court injunction againstContinue Reading
Macchiarini and the bonfire of greed
The aftermath of the Paolo Macchiarini scandal: many dead or mutilated trachea transplant patients, many stellar academic careers destroyed orContinue Reading
Is Guillaume Moissiard that Voinnet co-author now under investigation by CNRS and ETH?
The research misconduct scandal around the former star plant scientist, CNRS research director and currently ETH Zürich professor Oliver VoinnetContinue Reading
Macchiarini investigations outcome: the Karolinska Institutet
The second main investigation into lethal patient abuse by the thorax surgeon and regenerative medicine “pioneer” Paolo Macchiarini is now concludedContinue Reading
Macchiarini investigations outcome: Karolinska University Hospital
Investigations into lethal patient abuse by the thorax surgeon and regenerative medicine “pioneer” Paolo Macchiarini are now concluded in Stockholm.Continue Reading
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