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Judge denies motion by researcher to quash Diabetes expressions of concern

American Diabetes Association 1, Mario Saad 0. As reported by the National Law Journal, a federal judge in Boston has denied Saad’s requests to stop the ADA’s flagship journal, Diabetes, from publishing expressions of concern about four of Saad’s papers, and to prevent the journal from retracting the studies. Saad filed suit against the ADA on … Continue reading Judge denies motion by researcher to quash Diabetes expressions of concern

A rare event: Toronto Star retracts fear-mongering vaccine story

Fifteen days after publishing a widely-criticized article linking anecdotal health problems to the HPV vaccine Gardasil, the Toronto Star has issued a retraction. The Page 1 story, “A wonder drug’s dark side,” was full of health horror stories from women who became sick “sometime after” the vaccine, as the retraction notes – twitching limbs, feeding tubes, even death. Each of these … Continue reading A rare event: Toronto Star retracts fear-mongering vaccine story

Journal runs retraction, editorial over duplicate submission of pathology paper

The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has taken a hard stance against overlapping publications in a recent retraction note and editorial. Shortly after publishing a paper about the glycosylation patterns of endothelial cells in usual interstitial pneumonia, IJOEM editors discovered that it had been accepted by the Scholarly Journal of Biological Science two weeks before … Continue reading Journal runs retraction, editorial over duplicate submission of pathology paper

Weekend reads: Tortured reviewers, why failure is good, journals without editors?

This week at Retraction Watch, an explosives paper burned up, and we found that we’re cited in a $8 million lawsuit. Here’s what’s happening elsewhere:

Exclusive: St. Jude Children’s suspends enrollment in cancer trials over toxicity concerns

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis has temporarily halted enrollment in six bone marrow transplant trials due to concerns over how side effects were being identified in medical records, Retraction Watch has learned. According to a source familiar with the trials, five of the six being suspended were all enrolling children with blood cancers … Continue reading Exclusive: St. Jude Children’s suspends enrollment in cancer trials over toxicity concerns

“FDA has repeatedly hidden evidence of scientific fraud,” says author of new study

For decades, the U.S. FDA has uncovered misconduct in clinical trials but hidden it from the public, according to a new paper in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study, by New York University journalism professor Charles Seife, looked at 78 publications resulting from trials where the FDA found serious misconduct, including “failure to protect the safety of patients” and … Continue reading “FDA has repeatedly hidden evidence of scientific fraud,” says author of new study

Weekend reads: Where to submit your next paper, NIH proposes “emeritus” award, research dollars wasted

This week at Retraction Watch featured the debut of our new editor, and a unicorn. Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

A unicorn: Journal publishes euphemism-free plagiarism notice

It’s always nice when a journal editor actually uses words the way they’re meant to be used instead of employing euphemisms. In 2009, the African Journal of Biomedical Research published an article on the differences in heart rates when people ran backwards versus forwards. Unfortunately, five years later, the journal found out the paper was a … Continue reading A unicorn: Journal publishes euphemism-free plagiarism notice

Authors retract 2007 PNAS paper on aging due to figure’s “unintentional anomalies”

The authors of a 2007 PNAS paper that provided molecular details for how calorie restriction may act on Sir2 enzymes to extend life are now retracting their research after discovering a figure was compromised by “several unintentional anomalies in the background image.” According to study author David W. Piston at Vanderbilt University, first author Qinghong … Continue reading Authors retract 2007 PNAS paper on aging due to figure’s “unintentional anomalies”

Fraud’s long tail: Measles outbreak shows why it’s important to look downstream of retractions

As Retraction Watch readers know, public health officials are concerned about a U.S. measles outbreak. As The New York Times notes: The United States has already had more cases of measles in the first month of 2015 than the number that is typically diagnosed in a full year. This follows a year in which the number of … Continue reading Fraud’s long tail: Measles outbreak shows why it’s important to look downstream of retractions