First author refuses to sign PNAS retraction after “key findings” are not reproduced
Two out of the three authors of a PNAS paper on mutations underlying lung diseases are pulling it after failing to reproduce key findings. The paper, published in 2012, investigated how mutations in lung surfactant genes induce molecular changes that lead to lung pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer might work. But follow-up work revealed problems. In … Continue reading First author refuses to sign PNAS retraction after “key findings” are not reproduced