By Leonid Schneider, on research integrity, biomedical ethics and academic publishing
Schneider Shorts 9.05.2025 – Chinese professor in Germany accused of espionage, genius papermiller sanctioned in Norway, Swedish cheater can’t stop cheating, a Big Pharma career cut short, awful corrections in Wiley and Elsevier, a curcumin fail, and finally, old men back with anti-aging tips.
“Imagine what effect might ensue from a young donor body (say, in her 20’s) nourishing with her young blood 24/24, 7/7 the head of an aging body recipient!” – Sergio Canavero
Schneider Shorts 21.07.2023 – Stanford President resigns in whitewashed innocence, Smut in Le Monde, Harvard’s monumental study pooh-poohed, with a German botanist’s success story, Proofig at work, crooks stealing from crooks, an extortionist reviewer, and finally, Spain’s dental prodigy and his parents.
Schneider Shorts 19.05.2023 – Bad Optiks for an Elsevier journal, a rectification of bad journalism, a retraction achieved, with Taiwanese politics, young blood, menthol cures, and finally, an Israeli scientist’s supplement-induced paranoia.
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