A 2005 Nature study that has vexed one of its authors since 2007 is finally being retracted. The notice for “Dance reveals symmetry especially in young men,” by William M. Brown, Lee Cronk, Keith Grochow, Amy Jacobson, C. Karen Liu, Zoran Popovic´& Robert Trivers, says very little:
Nature has retracted a controversial 2012 paper by a group from Johns Hopkins University which has been the subject of a protracted public dispute. The article, “Functional dissection of lysine deacetylases reveals that HDAC1 and p300 regulate AMPK,” came from the lab of Jef Boeke, a celebrated biochemist. But a former lab member, Daniel Yuan, … Continue reading Nature yanks controversial genetics paper whose co-author was found dead in lab in 2012
Two of three authors in Argentina of a 2002 paper purporting to show evidence of bird-like fossil footprints from the Late Triassic age have retracted it after subsequent research suggested their estimates were off. Here’s the notice for “Bird-like fossil footprints from the Late Triassic:”
We’ve often found that when some authors refuse to sign retraction notices, there’s a much bigger story than terse notices let on. And a retraction in this week’s Nature of a 19-year-old paper is a shining example of that. Here’s the brief notice for “Oligosaccharide ligands for NKR-P1 protein activate NK cells and cytotoxicity,” a … Continue reading Retraction of 19-year-old Nature paper reveals hidden cameras, lab break-in, evidence tampering
Last month, Ivan met David Vaux at the 3rd World Conference on Research Integrity in Montreal. David mentioned a retraction he published in Nature, and we thought it would be a great guest post on what it’s like to retract one of your own papers in an attempt to clean up the literature. In September … Continue reading Why I retracted my Nature paper: A guest post from David Vaux about correcting the scientific record
In what could be a significant blow to a major pharmaceutical company, Nature Medicine is reportedly set to retract a 2010 article by a group of researchers affiliated with a Chinese arm of the drug giant GlaxoSmithKline. We’re not the first to report the news — you can read coverage of it on In the … Continue reading Glaxo asks Nature Medicine to retract paper by fired company scientist
The second of two corrections by McGill researcher Maya Saleh for what a university committee called “intentionally contrived and falsified” figures has run in Nature. We reported in January that the McGill committee concluded that two figures in [a] Nature paper had been “intentionally contrived and falsified.” One of those figures was duplicated in a PNAS paper, … Continue reading Nature corrects figures McGill committee found had been “intentionally contrived and falsified”
Jesús Lemus — the veterinary researcher whose work colleagues have had trouble verifying, including being unable to confirm the identity of one of his co-authors — has notched his ninth retraction. It’s a clear and comprehensive notice, from the Journal of Applied Ecology, despite the bizarre nature of the case:
Nature is retracting a 2010 paper by a team from Princeton and Drexel on the workings of Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria in people. How that came about seems to have been a winding road. The article — a research letter — titled “Branched tricarboxylic acid metabolism in Plasmodium falciparum,” came from the Princeton lab … Continue reading Authors retract already-corrected Nature malaria paper
One of the two corrections recommended by a McGill committee for work by Maya Saleh and colleagues has appeared, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). As we reported last month, the committee found that two figures in [a] Nature paper had been “intentionally contrived and falsified.” One of those figures was duplicated … Continue reading Musical figures: PNAS paper corrected with version of “intentionally contrived and falsified” Nature figure