Seven studies by researchers at the prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have been retracted over the past two months after a science blogger claimed that the images used in them had been manipulated or duplicated. The retractions are the latest development in a months-long controversy surrounding research at the Boston-based institute, a teaching affiliate of Harvard … Read more
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has requested the retraction of six studies and corrections to another 31 articles after a scathing critique drew attention to alleged errors that one blogger and biologist said range from sloppiness to “really serious concerns.” The allegations – against top scientists at the prestigious Boston institute, which is a teaching affiliate … Read more
Scientists at a Harvard-affiliated cancer hospital plan to retract six studies and correct another 31 as part of an ongoing investigation into image duplications and discrepancies 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 articles co-authored by … Read more