Iran-Man of Sussex and Wonder-Woman of Amsterdam
“no further steps will be taken as a result.”
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
“no further steps will be taken as a result.”
The papers are old, raw data unavailable, one can see small differences, some students probably did it, and anyway, conclusions are unaffected.
“The magnitude was much greater than we had expected or hoped for,” – Martin Gleave
“Michael Waterfield,a key figure in the explosive developments in cancer research in the late twentieth century [….] leaves an enormous legacy, not just in the landscape of cancer therapies which he did so much to transform, but also in the training and promotion of the careers of so many leading scientists”
“Read the damn paper and look at the figures before publishing it; it’s not that hard” – Archasia belfragei
“Expressions of Concern may be used as an interim notice to flag a potential issue that may be ultimately resolved with another amendment outcome (e.g. retraction or correction) or they may remain as the final outcome in cases where conclusive evidence cannot be obtained. ” – COPE
“Do Cohen’s colleagues and superiors know or care that he hosts wizards in his lab? Or perhaps this is simply common place, wizards roam throughout MD Anderson free range, blasting the cancer-mice with their mind powers.” – Sholto David
Celebrating the German cancer research maverick Margot Zöller of Heidelberg.
Csaba Szabo’s book “Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research” – review by Zoltan Ungvari and excerpt.
Both Harvey Risch and Wafik El Deiry are perfectly anti-qualified candidates to lead the National Cancer Institute.









