Karolinska’s haunted leadership
Johan Thyberg discusses the Macchiarini affair in the context of ethical shortcomings of Karolinska’s own leadership.
Tag: Philipp Jungebluth
Swedish Prosecution Authority reopens Macchiarini manslaughter investigation
A decision was announced by the Swedish Prosecution Authority in Gothenburg on the Paolo Macchiarini case today. The issue are plastic trachea transplants the scandal surgeon performed at the hospital of the Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm, Sweden. The earlier decision by state prosecutor was changed in part and the preliminary investigation will be reopened
Megagrant, the Russian docu-novel of Paolo Macchiarini
This is my review of the Russian book “Megagrant”, which tells of Macchiarini’s adventures with the plastic trachea, much of it played out in Russia, funded by a state Megagrant of €4.5mn. Some books are namely only good as court evidence.
Karolinska requests retraction of Macchiarini and Jungebluth papers
Karolinska Institutet announced its decision on 6 papers by their former professor and surgeon, Paolo Macchiarini. All are to be retracted, 7 scientists were found guilty of research misconduct, including one of the whistleblowers.
Karolinska gets taught German medical ethics
In the aftermath of the scandal around Paolo Macchiarini, which left many patients dead, his former employer Karolinska Institutet requested a retraction a paper. The Swiss-German medical publisher Karger and its journal Respiration however categorically refused and ordered KI not “to patronize the readers of the journal ‘Respiration’.” The German Editor-in-Chief had namely a huge conflict of interest.
No good news, instead a major disaster in appeal court re: Macchiarini affair
The German justice has spoken on trachea transplants again, in the appeal hearing at Kammergericht Berlin, and found the problemContinue Reading
Macchiarini victim’s family sues trachea makers for wrongful death
Yesim Cetir was a young woman from Turkey, whose vulnerability the scandal surgeon used to test his plastic trachea (twice),Continue Reading
Los secretos de Macchiarini en Barcelona
English version below. El 12 de junio de 2008, el cirujano torácico y entusiasta de la medicina regenerativa Paolo MacchiariniContinue Reading
Expert witness Macchiarini to help Berlin court sentence criminal journalist
The stem cell pioneering surgeon Paolo Macchiarini is back in court now. No, he is not the accused this time.Continue Reading
Jungebluth injunction hearing, another court travesty
Yesterday, November 23rd 2017, I travelled 600 km to Berlin to stand my second injunction trial, instigated by Philipp Jungebluth,Continue Reading
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