When failure to correct a flawed paper could put patients’ lives at risk
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/10...could-put-patients-lives-at-risk/#more-125745
EXCERPT: So, if doctors based their treatment decisions on the
Cell paper, they’d be depriving patients of an important regimen. MB sent a list of the inaccuracies in the
Cell paper to the editor of the journal. Six weeks later, having received no response, he sent a copy of his correspondence to a group of approximately 30 experts in the field of renin-angiotensin system research, including one of us (RS). Unsurprisingly, his concerns received near unanimous affirmation from the group.
Seven weeks after MB attempted to contact
Cell, the editor responded. He suggested that MB contact the authors of the paper to apprise them of their errors. Subsequently the editor forwarded the list of challenges to the authors of the paper. The authors responded to the letter with a total rebuttal, denying any mistakes... (
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Frankincense extract paper is 30th retracted by former MD Anderson researcher who once threatened to sue Retraction Watch
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/10...reatened-to-sue-retraction-watch/#more-125742
EXCERPT: The paper, “Boswellic Acid Suppresses Growth and Metastasis of Human Pancreatic Tumors in an Orthotopic Nude Mouse Model through Modulation of Multiple Targets,” came from the lab of Baharat Aggarwal, formerly of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.
The paper, which was corrected in 2012, has received 50 citations, according to
Clarivate’s Web of Science, all of which came after the correction. The latest of these references appears to be a recent preprint claiming to find that frankincense extract helps treat breast cancer... (
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Weekend reads: Troubles in Romania; an erroneous erratum about fraud; Nature and discriminatory science
https://retractionwatch.com/2022/10...ature-and-discriminatory-science/#more-125737
EXCERPT: Here’s what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):
- Romania to “introduce effective amnesty on doctoral plagiarism and loosen rules on candidates’ relatives from serving on hiring and promotion committees.”
- Romania’s education minister resigns following accusations of plagiarism.
- “Erroneous Erratum to Accounting Fraud Article.”
- “How Nature contributed to science’s discriminatory legacy.”
- “Case Study in Research Integrity: You Can Disagree, Without Being Disagreeable.”
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