Alzheimer's study retracted

[wtg]

This is a big deal.

Researchers plan to retract landmark Alzheimer’s paper containing doctored images

Senior author acknowledges manipulated figures in study tying a form of amyloid protein to memory impairment

https://www.science.org/content/article/researchers-plan-retract-landmark-alzheimers-paper-containing-doctored-images

[ShiroKuro]

I hate, hate, hate it when academics and/or researchers in any field do this kind of crap. It's unethical and just plain wrong. But it's doubly evil when it's medical research

[CHAS]

@ShiroKuro

It is nearly criminal

[Axtremus]

Also speaks to lack of efforts/funds to reproduce whatever’s reported in new literature.
People who work to reproduce experiments to verify key results should get more respect and more funding.

[ShiroKuro]

@Axtremus said in Alzheimer's study retracted:

People who work to reproduce experiments to verify key results should get more respect and more funding.

YES!!