Saturday, January 27, 2024

Dana-Farber top scientists retract papers: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers

One man on a mission! See also my earlier bog post on this topic here.

As of today (1/27/2024), the official news of the Dana-Farber Institute do not mention the scandal!

"The prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, Massachusetts, acknowledged this week that it would seek retractions for 6 papers and corrections for an additional 31 — some co-authored by DFCI chief executive Laurie Glimcher, chief operating officer William Hahn and several other prominent cancer researchers. The news came after scientific-image sleuth Sholto David posted his concerns about more than 50 manuscripts to a blog on 2 January.
... It was not the first time that some of these irregularities had been noted; some were flagged years ago on PubPeer, a website where researchers comment on and critique scientific papers. ..."

Dana-Farber retractions: meet the blogger who spotted problems in dozens of cancer papers

As of today (1/27/2024), Laurie H. Glimcher is still President and Chief Executive Officer o Dana-Farber Cancer Institute






Molecular biologist Sholto David scans the scientific literature for problematic images


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