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Post #AmWjU2hxRYrfGfYQoy by [email protected] |
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A few comments on the Masliah affair revealed by Charles Piller and colleagues … |
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Post #AmWjU2tIlNwFpqrUVE by [email protected] |
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By all measures, Masliah is totally central to research on neurodegeneration. A… |
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Post #AmWjU316IOB2E2Vieu by [email protected] |
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His work also generated treatment strategies that are the subject of multiple c… |
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Post #AmWjU38Xqi8Eb7zfGK by [email protected] |
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Yet the investigation reports that a huge fraction of Masliah's papers cont… |
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Post #AmWjU3GLNiN0zJdtQ0 by [email protected] |
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His lab has a systemic problem and it undermines confidence in all his work: pe… |
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Post #AmWjU3NQxM2dLIxYTA by [email protected] |
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First big question. How did nobody in a lab operating in this way for 26 years … |
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Post #AmWjU3VaT2Yzkam4B6 by [email protected] |
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The so far uniformly positive views of his personality do not suggest a particu… |
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Post #AmWjU3dO02nm8mQIKm by [email protected] |
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@BorisBarbour charismatic, likable con artists are, I suspect, more successful.… |
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Post #AnFYepzMiZbLcfq1jc by [email protected] |
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Alternatively, did those junior members consider that behaviour normal? That… |
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Post #AnFYeqBlyRWgF9dw4e by [email protected] |
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Second big question. This lab churned out untrustworthy research. Yet according… |
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Post #AnFYeqJDWlTscF7sg4 by [email protected] |
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Did nobody in the field notice the work was unreliable? Is it possible that thi… |
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Post #AnFYeqQJ6P9UyERXjE by [email protected] |
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Rather than neurodegeneration research accumulating carefully validated results… |
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Post #AnFYeqWgigFxI1Qdfs by [email protected] |
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In this context, James Heather's recent estimate that 1/7 papers contains f… |
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Post #AnFYeqgG95udlhuHaq by [email protected] |
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James also asked whether cheats might be more prolific than honest researchers.… |
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Post #AnFYeqnhhPrq8nOECG by [email protected] |
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Third big question. What are NIH going to do about their huge procedural weakne… |
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Post #AnFYequnH3XSUmhtFQ by [email protected] |
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For NIH-funded researchers, the organisation usually seems quite unintersted in… |
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Post #AnFYer2wmk3ou4WOxM by [email protected] |
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Here, somewhat surprisingly, NIH had carried out some sort of investigation, pr… |
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Post #AnFYerAkJkIbIGAd72 by [email protected] |
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Nevertheless, a combination of PubPeer, an alert Charles Piller and a couple of… |
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Post #AnFYerIXqkXNgRorGi by [email protected] |
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Reading between the lines, it seems that NIH are scrambling to adjust to the ne… |
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Post #AnFYerPzP4Ua3XIns8 by [email protected] |
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The levels of wasted human and financial resources, the potential corruption of… |
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Post #AnFYerXmw4jMRix21o by [email protected] |
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In fact, convince me that NIH procedures don't in practice facilitate and e… |
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Post #AnFYergIQRXIs6vpI0 by [email protected] |
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Fourth big question. Conflicts of interest. I assume (but don't know) that … |
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Post #AnFYernO05CvE6FULA by [email protected] |
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Similarly, the industry pursuit of multiple therapeutic strategies based upon h… |
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Post #AnFYerupYPA7bBjQwa by [email protected] |
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Fifth big question. When will the clinical trials unethically based upon unreli… |
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Post #AnFYes2H6j7JyHDNY0 by [email protected] |
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A few loose ends. NIH don't want to screen for misconduct when they hire pe… |
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Post #AnFYes9MgMmwKGX2bA by [email protected] |
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And, of course, there is a pile of public information on PubPeer just waiting t… |
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Post #AnFYesG6HKAyf9gQ64 by [email protected] |
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Science EiC Holden Thorp (who has a good record on dealing with misconduct) gav… |
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Post #AnFYesNXpe8B2FAMhU by [email protected] |
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There is an alarmingly naive quote from a researcher in the field suggesting th… |
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Post #AnFYesTvRvEdM29Se8 by [email protected] |
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Finally, congratulations to Charles Piller, his collaborators and all of the un… |
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Post #AnFYesb11YuFi1T7hI by [email protected] |
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"UC San Diego is committed to the highest ethical and legal standards in t… |
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Post #AnFYesi6bCZs40mmkS by [email protected] |
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In-depth coverage of the Masliah affair at Alzforum by Sara Reardon and Gabriel… |
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Post #AnFYessNyyniZtazlw by [email protected] |
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They tried really hard but failed to get the slightest useful information from … |
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Post #AnFYet1FS1tF1Nk4aO by [email protected] |
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Various quotes express sympathy and concern for Masliah's coworkers. Yes, h… |
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Post #AnFYetA6v4ylSrt9Oq by [email protected] |
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Systemic reform is obviously required (but don't hold your breath) given th… |
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Scientists were "...deeply concerned for the reputation of scientific inve… |
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Post #AnFYetQ3xljuGLLtGS by [email protected] |
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This is a case of shooting the messenger. What's not fair is that journals … |
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Post #AnFYetXrUlygeX07Q8 by [email protected] |
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"An NIH spokesperson said the agency “takes allegations of research misc… |
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Post #AnFYetg10SV33ood84 by [email protected] |
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“USC takes any allegations of research integrity very seriously,” the unive… |
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Post #AnFYetn6a6AfPo8IBE by [email protected] |
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I should add that I expect some coworkers to be genuinely blameless. The situat… |
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Post #AnFYetuu76PRnzmWKu by [email protected] |
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Also - seriously? "...the rare administrator who was able to run a large g… |
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Post #AnFYeu81KKtwSfuzmS by [email protected] |
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@BorisBarbour Now we know the key to that high-productivity balance: Faking you… |
