Category Archives: Molecular Medicine Reports
“Irreconcilable” differences about author order, other issues topple two articles in Spandidos journal
Researchers in China have retracted a pair of papers in the same journal after running into “irreconcilable” differences with the articles. Both articles appeared in Molecular Medicine Reports, from Spandidos. One article, “Combined treatment with extracorporeal shock‑wave therapy and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation improves bone repair in a rabbit model of bone nonunion,” … Continue reading “Irreconcilable” differences about author order, other issues topple two articles in Spandidos journal
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Persistence pays off for plagiarized author: emails spur retraction, sanctions against researcher
Here’s an object lesson for scientists who find out they’ve been ripped off by other researchers: Taking matters into your own hands can produce results. An aggrieved author’s doggedness led to the retraction of a 2013 paper that plagiarized his work, along with the revocation of a doctoral degree by one of the scientists … Continue reading Persistence pays off for plagiarized author: emails spur retraction, sanctions against researcher
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Does dose matter? Tumor killer paper thought so, now must retract
After questions from a reader, researchers took a second look at their data about the effects of a vitamin A metabolite on tumor cells, and realized their key finding was inaccurate. They’re now retracting the paper, from Molecular Medicine Reports, because it originally reported that higher concentrations of retinoic acid (RA) were more effective in curbing […]
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Upon discovering several errors, authors retract gastric cancer paper
After finding several errors in their paper about the molecular activity underlying gastric cancer, the authors unanimously decided to retract it. According to the retraction note, three figures in the paper had β‑actin bands that were omitted, interchanged, or both. The retraction note provides the details: After the publication of the article, the authors noted that they had made errors […]
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Plagiarized figure hurts arthritis paper
A paper on a way to inhibit arthritis has been retracted following an investigation confirming that it plagiarizes a figure from another paper on the same topic. The paper, “Blockade of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme inhibits experimental collagenase-induced osteoarthritis,” was published in Molecular Medicine Reports. A figure claims to show cartilage treated with a specific inhibitor: The retraction […]
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“Immorally” affecting the literature: Authors blame sloppy work from an outside lab for retraction
A group of Chinese researchers has retracted a paper, saying that an outside lab switched their immunofluorescent stains with another research group’s. The group has decided to repeat the experiments on their own next time. Here’s the notice in Molecular Medicine Reports for “Protective role of Klotho on cardiomyocytes upon hypoxia/reoxygenation via downregulation of Akt and […]
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If only more retractions could be like this: Authors of cardiac stem cell paper show the way
Researchers at Qingdao University have fully retracted a paper originally published in Molecular Medicine Reports with a clear, detailed outline of what went wrong and how they discovered the error. Here’s the notice for “Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells using skin fibroblasts from patients with myocardial infarction under feeder-free conditions:” After the publication of […]