why we shouldn't
Nov 2014/issue of Discover magazine had this story.I was surprised it wasn't on mainstream news.Apparently cancer researchers have been using false cell lines knowingly for years.All that donated money,wasted bogus research and still not cleaned up. Below is addition to the article that raises more red flags about our scientists with stats on research errors and malfeasance.
The Dirty Little Secret of Cancer Research | DiscoverMagazine.com
• In the last 10 years, retractions of scientific papers have rocketed more than tenfold, while actual publications have increased by only 44 percent. — Nature, 2011
• The Office of Research Integrity, which pursues cases of scientific misconduct, received more than 400 allegations in 2012 — double the average from 20 years before.
• In October 2013, Science correspondent John Bohannon published an article reporting a sting operation. He
concocted a fraudulent scientific paper studded with anomalies and ethical approval problems, and sent it to more than 300 open-access peer-reviewed journals; more than half accepted the fake manuscript.
• Of 53 papers deemed “landmark” studies over the last decade, only six held up and were reproducible. — Commentary in March 2012 in Nature by oncologist Lee Ellis
• “To be successful, today’s scientists must often be self-promoting entrepreneurs whose work is driven not only by curiosity but by personal ambition, political concerns and quests for funding.” — Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall, editors-in-chief, Infection and Immunity — J.N.
Nov 2014/issue of Discover magazine had this story.I was surprised it wasn't on mainstream news.Apparently cancer researchers have been using false cell lines knowingly for years.All that donated money,wasted bogus research and still not cleaned up. Below is addition to the article that raises more red flags about our scientists with stats on research errors and malfeasance.
The Dirty Little Secret of Cancer Research | DiscoverMagazine.com
• In the last 10 years, retractions of scientific papers have rocketed more than tenfold, while actual publications have increased by only 44 percent. — Nature, 2011
• The Office of Research Integrity, which pursues cases of scientific misconduct, received more than 400 allegations in 2012 — double the average from 20 years before.
• In October 2013, Science correspondent John Bohannon published an article reporting a sting operation. He
concocted a fraudulent scientific paper studded with anomalies and ethical approval problems, and sent it to more than 300 open-access peer-reviewed journals; more than half accepted the fake manuscript.
• Of 53 papers deemed “landmark” studies over the last decade, only six held up and were reproducible. — Commentary in March 2012 in Nature by oncologist Lee Ellis
• “To be successful, today’s scientists must often be self-promoting entrepreneurs whose work is driven not only by curiosity but by personal ambition, political concerns and quests for funding.” — Ferric C. Fang and Arturo Casadevall, editors-in-chief, Infection and Immunity — J.N.
