Little Creatures
“The entire proposition is crazier than a barrel-full of rabid wolverines that have spent a week self-medicating with bath-salts and angel dust. Yet there is this burgeoning literature on mitochondrial transplants!” – Smut Clyde
Tag: Medicine
Stephenson’s Alternative Universes
“Stephenson […]. wants his Scientist persona to be not only a renowned computer scientist and quantum theoretician, but also a neurosurgeon. Possibly a test pilot and rock star too.” – Smut Clyde
German Authorities on Papermills and Whistleblowing
“I am not familiar with Iranian papermills!” – Prof Dr med Henning Madry, Saarland University.
Misinformed and Damaged – victim of unethical trial hits back
“I don’t ask TGA staff to risk their lives at work, only that they don’t risk mine and others’ lives by withholding public health information.” – Robert Cockburn
The first uterus transplant, or how Lancet apologised to Saudis
A guest post by the science writer Martin Endara-Coll.
Gesundheit! Israeli Scientists treat autism with stem cells
A mysterious clinical trial in Israel is recruiting autistic children for blood draws. As the company’s founder admitted, the actual therapy on offer is extraction of bone marrow “stem cells” and their injection into patient’s spine. Smut Clyde investigates.
Inspector Schermuly Investigates!
Somebody vandalised the “bed-to-bedside” research of the pulmonology professor Ralph Schermuly. His Giessen University appointed the best investigator they had to solve the case!
Paul Craddock’s “Spare Parts” – Book Review
My review of the new book by Paul Craddock, “Spare Parts: A Surprising History of Transplants”
Send in the Senolytics!
“The authors declare no competing financial interests.”
La Piovra Ferrarese di Giorgio Zauli
Giorgio Zauli’s rectorship term ends. Will research fraud, media harassment and whistleblower persecution be a thing of the past at the University of Ferrara? Ma dai, basta cazzate.
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