The Sound Of Settled Science

New York Times;

A prominent cardiologist formerly at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston fabricated or falsified data in 31 published studies that should be retracted, officials at the institutions have concluded.

 

The cardiologist, Dr. Piero Anversa, produced research suggesting that damaged heart muscle could be regenerated with stem cells, a type of cell that can transform itself into a variety of other cells.

 

Although other laboratories could not reproduce his findings, the work led to the formation of start-up companies to develop new treatments for heart attacks and stroke, and inspired a clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.

13 Replies to “The Sound Of Settled Science”

    1. And yet they- and the Pope, want us to believe that Climate Change, Glow Warming, Catastrophic Next Year, or Ten Years, is a proven, beyond doubt science.

      Lying Bastards.

  1. Stem cells, the key to immortality. You can live forever. New heart, new lungs, new liver …… we can completely rebuild your body using stem cells. You can be 18 again but wiser.

    Remember when those traveling salesman in the 1800s went around hawking “Dr. J’s Tonic”?

    Yeah, well this is different. Is it any wonder that people want to believe?

    What’s his motivation for these studies? Is it that he really believes this is the future and he wants to stimulate research? Or his he just trying to get that next big Grant. Who knows.

    1. The “future” is “harvesting” stem cells from the preborn.

      It’s for the greater good.

    2. Oh … you conservatives … just don’t “believe” in science. Where is your “faith”? Your “scientific faith”?

  2. This incident describes so much of what passes for “science” these days. AGW or “climate change” is a prime example. Everyone needs to question the money and ideology trail.

  3. Harvard person… Harvard appears to be personally responsible for the majority of evil people on the world.

    Zuckerberg
    Obama
    Warren

    Did Stalin attend Harvard to? Hitler? Pol Pot? Mao? Che? Chavez? Castro?

    1. No, but Harvard has all their T-Shirts, Courses, and Books.

      Obama had Che Christmas Decorations for his house.

      Lying Bastards.

    2. At least us Canucks have the consolation of knowing that Turdeau isn t smart enough to get into Harvard. In fact he barely made it into Drama school. Then again Commisar Butts does most of his thinking for him anyhow.

  4. fcuk no.
    no need for all the research, med costs, waiting lines; just ‘order your organ’ from the chirese, the ones that the TURDoo “admires their basic dictatorshit”
    google ‘falun gong executions organ transplant’.

  5. I first became aware of rampant research fraud shortly after I started grad studies nearly 40 years ago. I remember reading in Science that a certain researcher based in the U. S. was producing papers at an impressive rate, something like one publication per week, as I remember.

    He did it for several years until someone decided to investigate, only to find that the researcher in question had filched papers produced by someone else, made a few changes, stuck his name on them, and submitted them for publication. Once this all came to light, he vanished into obscurity.

    People like that seem to pop up every few years. More recently, there was someone who worked at Bell Labs, or its successor, about 15 years ago. He got caught and not only was bounced out of the place, he was stripped of his doctorate. At roughly the same time, a researcher in Korea investigating stem cells pulled a similar stunt and was treated accordingly. He was also credited for Snuppy, the world’s first cloned dog.

    What’s behind all this fraud? Often it’s money. The more publications one produces, the easier it is to get funding or to have one’s grant renewed, not to mention that it helps one get tenure. There’s also the desire for status, as well as games of oneupmanship that are often played in research institutions.

    It’s all rather sordid.

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