Indigophoton
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Last year the Guardian reported on the case of Paulo Macchiarini, an Italian surgeon working in Sweden, who was “hailed for turning the dream of regenerative medicine into a reality – until he was exposed as a con artist and false prophet”. The Swedish Central Ethics Review Board concluded recently that six papers should be retracted as they falsely claimed that the artificial windpipe transplants he gave them were much more effective than they actually were. In fact, at least three of his patients died.
Norman Lamb MP. Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian
The House of Commons science and technology committee, which I chair, has published its report today on research integrity. Research is how we seek to cure diseases, find ways of tackling climate change, and make the world a better place to live in. But how common is “research misconduct” – fabrication of data, dodgy uses of statistics or even outright research fraud – in the UK?
https://amp.theguardian.com/educati...-more-investigations-into-research-misconduct
