By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“Every now and again, it is a good idea to open the door of the clown car that is MD Anderson, and see who climbs out. Today is the turn of Kapil N. Bhalla. If you say his name quickly, it sounds a bit like “capybara”” – Sholto David
“The mice probably wouldn’t care whether the experiment they suffered and died for was meaningful or not, but it does seem to matter to me. “- Sholto David
“Imagine what mistakes might be found in the raw data if anyone was allowed to look!” – Sholto David
“The President’s goal of ending cancer as we know it today is grounded, in part, in the work of scientific discovery that Ned Sharpless has led at NCI”
“Why do successful and apparently intelligent surgeons feel the need to play pretend at biology research? Has Sam S. Yoon ever performed an invasion or migration assay? […] if this is how he “supervises” his research does anyone trust his supervision of surgery?” – Sholto David
“What exactly will Lash and Elsevier do with these 115 problematic papers? I can only expect a painfully inadequate response.” – Sholto David
“One could argue that the Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences itself represents a “severe abuse of the scientific publishing system”. However, with the support of two of the world’s worst institutions (Elsevier AND the Saudi kleptocracy) I’m sure there will be no end in sight.” – Sholto David
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“The only difficult part might be deciding whether Ken has been intentionally deceptive or wildly incompetent, although the difference in practice doesn’t seem so important.” – Sholto David
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