retractions
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Investigations
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 Senate hearing finally put the cancer question on the record. The journal notice had been up for months.
Sen. Ron Johnson's June 3 subcommittee hearing on plausible mechanisms linking mRNA injections to cancer, the South Korean cohort behind it, and the editorial notice Springer had posted on the paper months earlier.
InvestigationsVietnam's New Integrity Rule Arrives 251 Retractions Late
Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology issued a research-integrity framework with permanent bans on May 25, 2026. The Retraction Watch database already lists 251 retractions carrying Vietnamese affiliations.