When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all hormones, they are chemical messengers, substances produced in one part of the bodyCategory Archives: endocrinology
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When we think about sex hormones, notably estrogens and androgens, we usually associate them with sex, gender and body development. Like all hormones, they are chemical messengers, substances produced in one part of the bodyPLoS ONE mega-correction, but no retraction, for researcher who sued diabetes journal
PLoS ONE has just issued a 12-figure correction on a paper by Mario A. Saad, who sued the American Diabetes Association unsuccessfully in an attempt to prevent it from retracting four papers in its flagship journal Diabetes. The corrections include taking out Western blots copied from another Saad paper, as well as several figures where the bands […]
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Shigeaki Kato up to 33 retractions, with five papers cited a total of 450 times
Former University of Tokyo researcher Shigeaki Kato continues to put big numbers on the board. Last month, we reported on his 26th, 27th, and 28th retractions, all in Nature Cell Biology and cited close to 700 times. Yesterday, EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports published a total of five more retractions for the endocrinology researcher, who […]
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Cancer researcher has correction upgraded to retraction
Rakesh Kumar, a researcher with six recent corrections and one retraction, has had one of those corrections upgraded to a retraction. Here’s the unhelpful notice, from Molecular Endocrinology: The August 2007 Molecular Endocrinology article by by Gururaj et al, “Estrogen Induces Expression of BCAS3, A Novel Estrogen Receptor-alpha Coactivator, through Proline-, Glutamic Acid-, and Leucine-Rich […]
Researcher with 25 retractions covered up other fraud, says university
The Japanese endocrinology researcher Shigeaki Kato, with at least 25 retractions to his name, is alleged to have been the ringleader of a scheme to cover up other research misconduct at the University of Tokyo, his former employer, which investigated the activity. According to the Japan Times, Kato and three other colleagues took steps to […]
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Shigeaki Kato up to 25 retractions
Shigeaki Kato, who resigned from the University of Tokyo in 2012 after being found to have inappropriately manipulated dozens of images, has two more retractions, both in Molecular Cell. Here’s the notice for 2002′s “Nuclear Receptor Function Requires a TFTC-Type Histone Acetyl Transferase Complex:” Recently, we were made aware that images in Figures 1B, 2F, … … Continue reading 
Penkowa-Pedersen paper retracted nearly three years after being subjected to Notice of Concern
We have an update on the complicated story of Milena Penkowa and Bente Klarlund Pedersen. Two papers coauthored by the pair — who have both been found guilty of scientific dishonesty by the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty — have been retracted by the FASEB Journal. Here’s one notice (both are unfortunately behind a paywall): […]