Slipshod Self-service Ethnopharmacology
“Since Journal of Ethnopharmacology sees no reason to reject bear bile powder research like other scientific journals, that means you can expect to see anything there” – Parashorea tomentella
Tag: data manipulation
Andrew George and the Virtues of Research Integrity
“One of the UK research system’s strengths is having established processes that allow for this review so that we maintain an accurate and robust research record. Promoting and improving this system, and encouraging more openness and transparency, is why I became involved in the UK Committee on Research Integrity.” – Andrew J T George
The elusive Margot Zöller
Celebrating the German cancer research maverick Margot Zöller of Heidelberg.
“Unreliable” by Csaba Szabo – book review and excerpt
Csaba Szabo’s book “Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research” – review by Zoltan Ungvari and excerpt.
Veziroglu Journal of Papermill Energy
Mu Yang and other sleuths celebrate the scholarly publishing business of the late T Nejat Veziroglu, laureate of Santilli-Galilei Gold Medal for Lifetime Commitment to True Scientific Democracy
Wafik El Deiry, the anti-qualified Science Guardian
Both Harvey Risch and Wafik El Deiry are perfectly anti-qualified candidates to lead the National Cancer Institute.
Martin Birchall, Paolo De Coppi, and other clowns of UCL’s degenerative medicine
Several years ago, UCL investigated the Macchiarini affair and found their surgeon Martin Birchall was not only innocent, but also entitled to more money and more patients to experiment upon.
Now, Patricia Murray was awarded for exposing this UCL malfeasance, and Sholto David scrutinised UCL papers for data manipulation.
A Yale fossil
As a Rainmaker friend of Richard Flavell once said many times, “What is the problem here?”
Egyptian Toxicology Mortal Combat
“Stupid people do stupid things, After all it was an Egyptian who once told me: “10% editing is acceptable as long as we didn’t modify the significant ” – Sholto David
Jan and Ricky, two blind mouse ophthalmologists
“I am the authorised spokesperson on this matter” – Prof Jan Provis, emerita dean
For Better Science 