Macchiarini’s patients, the real situation
Paolo Macchiarini, former star surgeon at Swedish Karolinska Insitutet (KI), came back to Sweden to give his version of theContinue Reading
Tag: misconduct
Image integrity concerns in papers from a Pfizer lab
Image manipulations are unfortunately a rather widespread practice in biomedical literature, where a large part of research data in figuresContinue Reading
The stem cell faith healers, or magic inside your bone marrow
Bone marrow stem cells are magic, they can do everything. If you don’t believe it, you are simply a loserContinue Reading
A personal tale of scientific misconduct
“I performed these manipulations on the original scans of my own films, with the express knowledge of my advisor.”
Voinnet aftermath: ethical bankruptcy of academic elites
Olivier Voinnet, the disgraced former star plant scientist and professor at ETH Zürich, is apparently on extended sick leave, hisContinue Reading
Macchiarini and the tracheal regeneration scandal, by Pierre Delaere
This is an open letter to the academic community by Pierre Delaere, professor for respiratory surgery at KU Leuven, Belgium, and oneContinue Reading
April Fools: Elsevier pledges integrity, sacks Marcus, Horton
On March 22nd, Tom Reller, Head of Global Corporate Relations for the publishing giant Elsevier, declared the often criticised andContinue Reading
Macchiarini, Birchall, Seifalian and EU-funded human experimenting
The disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has now been officially sacked from Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Sweden, while also the entireContinue Reading
ERC on Susana González’ suspended €2Mio grant: peer reviewers to spot manipulations
Spain is rocked by two misconduct scandals involving biomedical researchers Sonia Melo and Susana González. The latter has been sackedContinue Reading
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