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“Unreliable” data suffocates third paper for Duke pulmonary team

Once again, a team of Duke University scientists has retracted a paper, this time due to “unreliable” figure data. With co-authors at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Duke team has withdrawn a paper from the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology after concern about data in three figures led them to repeat one of their main experiments. They … Continue reading “Unreliable” data suffocates third paper for Duke pulmonary team

Second paper for Duke lung researchers expires in a retraction

Scientists at Duke and the National Institutes of Health have retracted a PNAS paper on asthma treatment after realizing the data from two sources didn’t match, and “most primary data” from several experiments were missing. The mix up seems to have come from the pulmonary function laboratory that tested how well asthmatic patients’ lungs were functioning … Continue reading Second paper for Duke lung researchers expires in a retraction

Weekend reads: Scientist loses job after 30 retractions; breast cancer researcher committed misconduct; “two crashes” at Duke

Before we present this week’s Weekend Reads, a question: Do you enjoy our weekly roundup? If so, we could really use your help. Would you consider a tax-deductible donation to support Weekend Reads, and our daily work? Thanks in advance. The week at Retraction Watch featured: an author irked about “science by tweet” after his paper … Continue reading Weekend reads: Scientist loses job after 30 retractions; breast cancer researcher committed misconduct; “two crashes” at Duke

Former Duke researcher charged with embezzlement has a paper retracted

A new retraction notice in the Journal of Applied Physiology gives only a hint at the problems in the paper, but what it does say has led us to a story about one of its co-authors. Here’s the notice, from a team at Duke: