Human Brain Project and other Flagships: is EU outsourcing funding decisions?
The EU €1-Billion-Flagship Human Brain Project (HBP) started in 2013 as an closed enterprise run by three men. The triumvirate is noContinue Reading
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Lack of transparency in ERC funding decisions, by Shravan Vasishth
Academic research is dependent on funding, and funding agencies, both public and charity ones, play a crucial gatekeeper function inContinue Reading
Human Brain Project: bureaucratic success despite scientific failure
The EU €1-Billion-Flagship Human Brain Project (HBP) has passed its midterm evaluation with flying colours. Noone knows exactly what theContinue Reading
Birchall’s trachea transplant trial at UCL suspended by health authorities
The British laryngologist and UCL professor Martin Birchall is in trouble now, despite all his constant attempts to turn claimsContinue Reading
Business interests trump patient safety, says EU about trachea transplant trial
The European Union (EU) is firmly determined to see dozens of patients transplanted with “regenerated” tracheas made by the methodContinue Reading
Collapse of Biotrachea, or how Macchiarini’s greed saved human lives
The trachea transplant experiments by Paolo Macchiarini left many of his trusting patients dead or mutilated. His €5.5 Million EU-fundedContinue Reading
How UCL throat surgeon Martin Birchall misleads patients and tricks public funders
This is a new instalment of my investigation into UK and EU funded clinical trials on trachea replacement by theContinue Reading
Does ERC help cheaters pay protection money?
Did you ever wonder why certain zombie scientists were still in academic jobs? Despite having been caught on data manipulationContinue Reading
Regenerating in Hannover, Part 2: Axel Haverich’s “growing” heart valves
The science of the fallen star of regenerative medicine Paulo Macchiarini was simple: take a dead organ, strip it ofContinue Reading
The laborious delivery of Markram’s brainchild
The European multimillion research project Human Brain Project is under fresh leadership, its visionary founder Henry Markram ousted from power.Continue Reading
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