Science journalism by Leonid Schneider, on research integrity and academic publishing in life sciences and biomedicine
A lab leak theory of the COVID-19 origins has enough circumstantial evidence and historical basis to support the urgent need for an independent and unbiased investigation. But until recently, scientists dismissed lab leak as a conspiracy theory. In public at least.
What do scientists wear when handling glyphosate? Not what they tell you.
Famous MIT lab discovered the coronavirus integrates into human genome and is still transcribed! Between preprint and contributed PNAS paper, three authors and a mechanism were dropped.
Human-monkey chimeras arrive to solve the problem of organ shortage. Thank Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, who is ready to cure all possible diseases and even the old age. With chutzpah and Cell on his side.
“IU School of Medicine scientists discover ‘game-changer’ treatment for triple negative breast cancer”
Charcoal as COVID-19 therapy? It may sound silly, but there is solid history of data fudging behind it, wandering western blots included!
How to make an academic career in medicine, a guide for white men and their wives.
“Fluvoxamine could certainly be something you wanna put in the tool chest. ‘Cause it looks as if it has the promise to reduce the likelihood of severe illness.” – Francis Collins, NIH Director.
Male boldness causes COVID-19 death, go figure. This ridiculous quackery from Brazil is based on fudged clinical trials, sponsored by an obscure Californian hair loss business, and even Torello Lotti is on board!
En-Bing Lin “has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, received over $535,000 in grant funding and given 74 external presentations, including 14 keynote speeches at international mathematic conferences.”
