George Church, Colossal W*nker
From mammoths to eugenics to anti-aging scams: god-impersonator George Church knows how to make money with bullshit.
Tag: United States
Stop trying to make VSEL happen!
“…the best evidence for the existence of VSELs is the dismal failure of all the other much-vaunted stem-cell therapies to deliver on their promises. Since it is axiomatic that some stem-cell therapy must work, the successful cell-types must be the ones that haven’t been tried yet, which leaves VSELs.”- Smut Clyde
The original sins of Leonard Guarente
“Without specific and credible allegations of research misconduct, MIT is unable to take any action.”
Superconductive Fraud: The Sequel
“After the huge box-office success of “Nature 2020: Room-temperature superconductivity in CSH” this March our Nature studios released a sequel with the same star-studded cast: “Nature 2023: Near-ambient superconductivity in N-doped LuHx”. – Maarten van Kampen
Pound of Flesh, or Is Cancer Fraud Inevitable?
Ashani Weeraratna and Valerie Weaver, two women in STEM, harassed by trolls.
The potential problems of Eliezer Masliah
“the confusion occurred while utilizing prior panels as example ” – emeritus professor Eliezer Masliah
What Elsa Flores and Tyler Jacks taught each other
“PCR reactions run on agarose gels commonly look similar due to artifacts introduced by the agarose gel and comb.” Dr Elsa R Flores, Associate Director, Moffitt Cancer Center
Toppling Giants in Stanford
Everyone is talking about Stanford’s President Marc Tessier-Lavigne now. OK, let’s talk about him, and how Stanford deals with research fraud. And then let’s talk about Thomas Rando.
Never have heroes like Robert Roeder
The Schneider Rule says that if you follow one bad scientist, you will meet many other research cheaters among their mentees and collaborators.
Torturing Small Animals
Animal abuse and bad science go hand in hand. Meet professors Ute Moll, Jordi Muntané, Sam W Lee and others.
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