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Senator “unsatisfied” with ORI’s response on recovery of tainted grant money

March has come in like a lion for the folks at the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). The agency’s director, David Wright, stepped down late last month for reasons that even now remain unclear. And in what seems to be an unrelated development, ORI has managed to draw the ire of Sen. Charles Grassley, who … Continue reading Senator “unsatisfied” with ORI’s response on recovery of tainted grant money

Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits, who championed link to XMRV, to publish book

Judy Mikovits, the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) researcher who had a paper linking the condition to XMRV retracted, has co-authored a book that’s coming out on May 6. In an announcement on Age of Autism, co-author Kent Heckenlively gives a taste of what readers might find in the book, titled PLAGUE – One Scientist’s Intrepid … Continue reading Chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Mikovits, who championed link to XMRV, to publish book

Should scientific fraud be treated as a crime?

Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa — known for his tough questions for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — wants to know why a former researcher at Iowa State University wasn’t prosecuted more vigorously after he was found to have deliberately spiked rabbit blood samples in a federally-funded HIV vaccine study. As Tony Leys of … Continue reading Should scientific fraud be treated as a crime?

Weekend reads: Fraudster calls himself a “foolish coward,” and COPE’s top cases

Here’s some of what crossed our desks this week: Dong Pyou Han, the former Iowa State University researcher who admitted faking the results of an HIV vaccine experiment, called himself a “foolish coward,” The Des Moines Register reported based on documents obtained from the university. Reporter Tony Leys also explored whether Han should be criminally … Continue reading Weekend reads: Fraudster calls himself a “foolish coward,” and COPE’s top cases

Weekend reads: Snarky acknowledgement sections, journal editors on fraud

Another busy week at Retraction Watch, beginning with a story we broke about faked HIV vaccine results that was picked up by the Des Moines Register and other outlets. Here’s what was happening elsewhere on the web:

Brian Deer’s modest proposal for post-publication peer review

Brian Deer’s name will no doubt be familiar to many Retraction Watch readers. Deer, of course, is the award-winning investigative reporter known for his reporting on numerous medical issues, including Andrew Wakefield’s now-retracted research into autism and vaccines. Deer is giving a talk next week at the UK’s “Evidence Live” conference,and has a proposal that … Continue reading Brian Deer’s modest proposal for post-publication peer review

Flu paper duplication earns Expression of Concern

A six year-old review on bird flu that failed to credit some content from another six year-old review of bird flu is now stamped with an Expression of Concern. Here’s the notice, from Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses:

Not immune: Jesús A. Lemus earns another Expression of Concern

Jesús A. Lemus, the Spanish researcher whose work has left a lot of people questioning his data, has another Expression of Concern for his resume. Here’s the notice, from Functional Ecology:

HIV paper retracted after authors recommend a colleague as a reviewer

Nothing like a little home cooking. Genetic Vaccines and Therapy (GVT) has retracted a paper by a group of Pakistani authors who recommended one of their colleagues as a reviewer for their manuscript. That’s not all: According to the journal, the researchers apparently also misappropriated data from a previous study. The article in question, “Structure … Continue reading HIV paper retracted after authors recommend a colleague as a reviewer