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6 stories tagged "conflicts-of-interest"
The Zombie Papers: Retracted Stem-Cell Studies Still Feeding the Unproven-Cure Marketplace
A stem-cell paper retracted in November 2021 kept collecting citations for years, 72 by mid-2026, 27 of them after the notice went up, 15 since 2023 that never mention it. Two researchers counted, and named who is supposed to be cleaning up.
InvestigationsA Journal Built to Critique Capitalism Sold for €360,000. Its Fifteen Editors Read the New Fees and Quit.
A €360,000 sale, a €1,350 charge to publish, and a 25 percent fee to withdraw your own paper: the board of a journal built to critique capitalism read the new terms and resigned en masse.
Metabolic & WeightEurope Wants Every Heart Patient Tested for Kidney Disease. The Test Is Cheap. The Drugs It Funnels You Toward Are Not.
The European Society of Cardiology now says screen every heart patient for kidney damage and start the drugs early. More than 80 percent of the guideline's authors report financial ties to industry.
InvestigationsTwo Scientists Nominated Fauci for Cash Prizes. Then His Agency Funded Them by the Hundreds of Millions.
The emails Rand Paul released July 24 show Fauci's taxpayer-funded staff drafting his award nominations, and two scientists who submitted them going on to draw large NIAID grants.
Metabolic & WeightThe Obesity 'Revolution' Everyone's Promising Comes From People Who'd Cash In On It
A new commentary says the GLP-1 era is just the prelude to a bigger obesity "revolution." The authors have direct financial stakes in what comes next, and the celebrated new pill loses less weight than the shot.
Brain & AgingBrain Gains Into Your 90s Are Probably Real. The Index Measuring Them Has a Patent Pending.
A three-year UT Dallas study tracking nearly 4,000 adults to age 94 says brain function can climb at any age. The biology is plausible. The catch is that the people measuring the gain are the same people patenting the yardstick.