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Climate: The hottest year
The release of climate-science e-mails last November ripped apart Phil Jones's life. He's now trying to patch it back together.
- David Adam
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Long shadow of the stem–cell ruling
Two months on from the court decision that briefly suspended US federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research, uncertainty still stalks the field. Here an ethicist, a team of bankers and a lawyer warn of effects of this saga that could be felt for years to come.
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Mystery fraud accusations
Stem-cell researchers targeted by e-mails from unidentified group.
- Heidi Ledford
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Canada urged to tackle research misconduct
More education, advice and transparency needed to improve integrity.
- Hannah Hoag
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Editorial |
A hammer blow to national ethics
China needs to act on broader science failures, not simply condemn an isolated case.
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Neuroscience: Soccer Samaritans
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Drug development: The invisible front line
The paid participants in phase I clinical trials need more protection, finds Meredith Wadman.
- Meredith Wadman
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Editorial |
Stem-cell laws in China fall short
The Chinese government's regulations of stem-cell treatments are admirable in principle, but tougher enforcement measures are needed to protect patients.
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A shocking discovery
Susan Reverby describes her finding that several hundred Guatemalans were exposed to syphilis by the US Public Health Service.
- Ivan Semeniuk
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Baby boom bags Nobel prize
UK pioneer of in vitro fertilization wins medicine honour.
- Alison Abbott
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Brawl in Beijing
Critics of Chinese researchers targeted in physical attacks.
- David Cyranoski
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Research integrity: Sabotage!
Postdoc Vipul Bhrigu destroyed the experiments of a colleague in order to get ahead. It took a hidden camera to expose a surreptitious and malicious side of science.
- Brendan Maher
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Chimps' fate ignites debate
Decision to relocate colony of ageing research chimpanzees becomes political.
- Heidi Ledford
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Stem cells: A legal round table
Our expert panel examines the recent stem cell injunction from all angles.
- Meredith Wadman
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California's genetic education
Geneticist Jasper Rine reflects on a controversial gene-testing programme.
- Zoë Corbyn
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Commodities for export still threaten rainforests in Brazil
- Luiz Antonio Martinelli
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Statistics spark dismissal suit
Fired researcher's allegations of misconduct prompt university to investigate vaccine trial.
- Emma Marris
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A destabilizing force
Public allegations threaten the impartiality of misconduct inquiries.
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Troubled geneticist rebuffed by US patent office
Rejection adds to woes of Anil Potti, who is under scrutiny for possible misconduct.
- Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Kids swap DNA for fairground rides
Researchers' efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions.
- Ewen Callaway
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Collateral damage
An investigation at Harvard University highlights the human cost of scientific misconduct.
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Disasters widen the rich–poor gap
New Orleans's recovery five years on from Katrina is a harbinger of how climate change will drive a thicker wedge between the haves and the have-nots, says John Mutter.
- John Mutter
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High price to pay for misconduct investigations
A single investigation into research malpractice cost US$525,000.
- Eugenie Samuel Reich
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Harvard probe kept under wraps
Researchers call for the release of findings of the Marc Hauser misconduct investigation.
- Heidi Ledford
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UK embryo agency faces the axe
Coalition government promises to abolish respected regulator in effort to cut back on quangos.
- Daniel Cressey
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Retraction recommended for enzyme-chip paper
Reactome array study should not have been published, says ethics committee.
- Alison Abbott
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US charges scientist with economic espionage
Could publishing a paper make you a spy?
- Sharon Weinberger
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Brain-imaging programme suspended after violations
FDA investigation at Columbia University serves as warning to other centres, say experts.
- Brendan Borrell
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Editorial |
An act of distinction
Researchers and activists alike benefit from dialogue — and a clear line between legal and illegal acts.
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Tie funding to research integrity
A change in institutional culture is needed to promote responsible scientific behaviour and prevent misconduct. That's unlikely to happen unless money is involved, say Sandra Titus and Xavier Bosch.
- Sandra Titus
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Peers nip misconduct in the bud
A new survey shows that informal intervention can often avert much irresponsible scientific behaviour, and is not as risky as people might fear, say Gerald Koocher and Patricia Keith-Spiegel.
- Gerald P. Koocher
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Plagiarism pinioned
There are tools to detect non-originality in articles, but instilling ethical norms remains essential.
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Bioethics gets an airing
Amy Gutmann, chair of the US presidential bioethics commission, discusses the challenges of bringing synthetic biology to the public arena.
- Meredith Wadman
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Journals step up plagiarism policing
Cut-and-paste culture tackled by CrossCheck software.
- Declan Butler
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AIDS researcher cleared of misconduct
Berkeley cites academic freedom and lack of evidence as it wraps up investigation over contentious paper.
- Zoë Corbyn
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Editorial |
A DNA education
Taking personal genetic testing into the classroom brings ethical and legal sensitivities to the fore.
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Editorial |
A question of trust
The re-auditing of accounts from the closed Sixth Framework Programme is generating hostility.