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PubPeer Selections: Good behavior earns praise; questions about HIV vaccine research

PubPeer continues to make its mark on the scientific literature. Here’s another installment of PubPeer Selections:

Weekend reads: Vaccine research fraudster to plead guilty; nonsense authors publish another paper

This week at Retraction Watch witnessed the fall of a “golden boy” and a “NASA Patriot Boy.” Here’s what was happening elsewhere:

Journal makes it official, retracting controversial autism-vaccine paper

A little more than a month after removing a highly criticized article that claimed the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine increased the risk of autism in African American boys, Translational Neurodegeneration has officially retracted the paper. Here’s the notice, dated yesterday:

Journal takes down autism-vaccine paper pending investigation

An article purporting to find that black children are at substantially increased risk for autism after early exposure to the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine has been shelved. Although we don’t know if the events are related, the move comes amid claims that a CDC whistleblower has accused health officials of suppressing information about the link. Not surprisingly, … Continue reading Journal takes down autism-vaccine paper pending investigation

University where researcher faked HIV vaccine findings won’t receive last $1.4 million of grant

There has been another development in the case of Dong-Pyou Han, the former Iowa State University (ISU) researcher who admitted last fall to spiking rabbit blood samples to make it look as though his team’s HIV vaccine was working in the animals. The Des Moines Register reports:

Weekend reads: Fallout from STAP stem cell retractions, confessed HIV vaccine fraudster pleads not guilty

Another busy week at Retraction Watch, with developments in two closely watched cases at Nature and PNAS. Here’s what was happening around the web:

Unusual: HIV vaccine researcher who faked data arrested, faces felony charges

Dong Pyou-Han, a former researcher at Iowa State University who spiked rabbit blood samples to make it look as though a potential HIV vaccine was working, was arrested earlier this week on felony charges. According to the Des Moines Register:

Faked HIV vaccine research presentation retracted

In December, we reported on the case of Dong-Pyou Han, who was found by the Office of Research Integrity to have spiked rabbit blood samples to make it look as though a vaccine for HIV was working. At the time, Han’s former institution, Iowa State, told us that “one oral presentation and some abstracts will … Continue reading Faked HIV vaccine research presentation retracted

Tune into CNN today to see Ivan talk about faked HIV vaccine results

News bulletin: Ivan is scheduled to appear on CNN today with Kyra Phillips to discuss a recent case we covered involving faked results of an HIV vaccine. Details can always change, but as of now the interview will appear at 2:40 p.m. Eastern.

Former Iowa State researcher faked HIV vaccine findings: ORI

A former researcher at Iowa State University (ISU) faked results of experiments to make tests of a vaccine against HIV in animals look more powerful, according to the Office of Research Integrity (ORI). Specifically, ORI and ISU found that Dong-Pyou Han