Fried Divine Comedy, featuring anti-cancer cockroach and phallic fungus
This is a follow-up to the previous article, about a misconduct investigation at the Cardiff University in UK into theContinue Reading
Tag: cancer research
Cardiff investigates two cancer research professors for data manipulation
The Cardiff University in UK is now investigating two cancer researchers, both senior professors, for suspected scientific misconduct. The evidenceContinue Reading
Collages by Paul Workman, from the Golden Age of Biological Imaging
Before biology became digital, with its -omics and big data, there were mostly gels and microscopy images. The peak of image use in biomedical papers was reached at the turn of the century, those became the golden times of Photoshop-assisted data manipulation. To celebrate that period, I selected an example of the British cancer researcher Paul Workman, President and CEO of the huge Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.
PLOS One publishes near-copy of retracted JBC paper, sans coauthor Carlo Croce
On July 29th 2016, Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) retracted a cardiology paper from 2009 for data manipulations. Only someContinue Reading
Karl Lenhard Rudolph barred from DFG funding for 2 years, as supportive peers flock to his conference
More bad news for Karl Lenhard Rudolph: misconduct findings and 2 year funding ban from DFG. Good news: the international scientific community stands to him in solidarity, no retractions, even some corrections won’t be implemented.
Anil Sood and how much MD Anderson doesn’t care: whistleblowers speak out
“The graduate school at University of Texas MD Anderson does not care and keep sending students to his lab, Sood is a member of faculty there. RIO at MDACC doesn’t care because witnesses either left the country or are too afraid to speak.”
Oncogene EiC Justin Stebbing, a hypocrite of research integrity?
‘The results have been replicated by ourselves or others, so the image manipulation is irrelevant.’ – Justin Stebbing, double bluffing
On Western blot loading controls: lessons from Richard Moriggl lab
Western blot, a method to separate proteins by size and analyse their relative expression levels, is a much maligned techniqueContinue Reading
Carol Prives, innocent victim of Susana Gonzalez’ data manipulations?
Did NAS Member Carol Prives know anything about these suspected manipulations in her lab’s papers? And how will journals act on the evidence?
Karolinska embarrasses itself to save two professors
The Swedish Karolinska Institutet (KI) is going through turbulent times. The Paolo Macchiarini scandal sensitised the European elite biomedical research centreContinue Reading
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