Research misconduct: Theory & Pratico
A whistleblower tried to report fraud in Domenico Pratico’s papers via proper channels, and hit a wall everywhere.
By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
A whistleblower tried to report fraud in Domenico Pratico’s papers via proper channels, and hit a wall everywhere.
Schneider Shorts 26.08.2022 – why an entire special issue got retracted, why Science editor won’t retract papers for fraud alone, with other amazing heroes of research integrity, a Swedish rector’s vanity, lab-grown meat and fish, Frontiers being silly again, and finally, a GoFundMe for a certain whiskey lover.
Schneider Shorts of 29.07.2022 – a German GP sells a miracle cure for long covid, Science decrees where covid came from, how to bribe your way to FDA approval, with a corrected papermill forgery, two snowflakes, a frustrated whistleblower, even more unconditional support for science fraudsters and finally, with amazing scientific discoveries from USA on the topic of old age.
Schneider Shorts 25.06.2021: telomere stretching in Milan and other COVID-19 cures, Best Lab Leak Ever Award, the elusive Pandolfi, coffee and chocolate, and hooray, Raoult & Chabriere finally announced on Twitter to sue yours truly in Marseille.
Next time you wonder why mouse research does not translate to humans, think of Domenico Pratico work on Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases.


