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A prestigious cancer institute is correcting dozens of articles and retracting others after a blogger cried foul

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute requested retractions of six studies and corrections to 31 other papers following harsh criticism from a blogger and biologist who noted alleged errors that he said ranged from sloppiness to “really serious concerns.” The allegations against senior scientists at the prestigious Boston-based institute, who are faculty members of Harvard Medical School,… Read More »

6 studies to be retracted by scientists at Harvard-affiliated hospital

Scientists at a Harvard-affiliated cancer hospital plan to retract six studies and correct 31 additional studies as part of an ongoing investigation into image duplications and inconsistencies in dozens of papers by some of the leading researchers. A post on For Better Science, a blog focused on scientific integrity, flagged potential problems in papers co-authored… Read More »