Macchiarini and the bonfire of greed
The aftermath of the Paolo Macchiarini scandal: many dead or mutilated trachea transplant patients, many stellar academic careers destroyed orContinue Reading
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The infectious self-plagiarism of radiologist Hedvig Hricak
In medicine, academic performance is evaluated quantitatively, by the sheer number of papers. Promotions are granted according to the publicationContinue Reading
Pontus Boström: cheater carousel in Sweden
Sweden is a tolerant country, which is a very good thing. Unfortunately, sometimes this Swedish tolerance seems ill-advised. Dishonest scientistsContinue Reading
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
Academic self-plagiarism: misconduct or a literary art form?
Plagiarism, the misappropriation of the (usually written) work of others in order to present it as one’s own, is universally regarding asContinue Reading
Sonia Melo loses EMBO YIP Funding, suspended as PI
Sonia Melo, the Portuguese scientist accused of data manipulation and misconduct, now loses her EMBO Installation Grant funding by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Sonia Melo case: PhD advisor Esteller sham-investigated, postdoc PI Kalluri with $ 80Mio COI
Sonia Melo, Portuguese cancer researcher and recipient of the prestigious EMBO Installation Grant, now has her publications investigated by EMBOContinue Reading
Stem cell cures for everything, Made in Germany by TICEBA
The Heidelberg-based company TICEBA (abbreviated from Tissue & Cell Banking) is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill cell bank. This German company,Continue Reading
Is Piero Anversa heading to Cardiocentro Ticino in Switzerland?
This is a brief NEWS post. Harvard stem cell researcher, Piero Anversa, has left his job with Brigham & Womens Hospital,Continue Reading
Do nanoparticles deliver? Merck’s Smart Flares and other controversies
Two somewhat controversial approaches to nanoparticle delivery: the striped nanoparticles by Francesco Stellacci, and the spherical nucleic acids by Chad Mirkin.
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