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2 stories tagged "scientific-publishing"
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.
InvestigationsRetracted by Its Title: A Vaccine-SIDS Paper and a Standard That Isn't Science
A vaccine-safety paper sat in a peer-reviewed journal for five years, then was pulled in 2026 with a critic saying its title alone disqualified it. The science against the paper is strong; the retraction that followed wasn't science.