{"id":67,"date":"2018-09-25T00:43:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T00:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2018-09-25T01:46:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T01:46:44","slug":"three-prominent-us-scientists-have-been-pushed-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/three-prominent-us-scientists-have-been-pushed-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Three prominent US scientists have been pushed to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\"22\">Makes you wonder who can you trust when it comes to medical studies.\u00a0 Surprise surprise,\u00a0 the researcher\u00a0received millions of dollars from pharmaceutical and medical companies!<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"22\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/microbiologist-1332292_640.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/microbiologist-1332292_640.jpg?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/microbiologist-1332292_640.jpg?resize=212%2C300 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/microbiologist-1332292_640.jpg?w=452 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"22\">Three prominent US scientists have been pushed to resign over the past 10 days after damning revelations about their methods, a sign of greater vigilance and decreasing tolerance for misconduct within the research community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"23\">The most spectacular fall concerned Jose Baselga, chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He authored hundreds of articles on cancer research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"24\">Investigative journalism group ProPublica and The New York Times revealed on September 8 that Baselga failed to disclose in dozens of research articles that he had received millions of dollars from pharmaceutical and medical companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"25\">Such declarations are generally required by scientific journals.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"25\">Links between a doctor leading a clinical trial and manufacturers of drugs or medical equipment used in the study can influence the methodology and ultimately the results.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"25\">Full story is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fall-top-us-scientists-points-ethics-gap-research-045350389.html\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makes you wonder who can you trust when it comes to medical studies.\u00a0 Surprise surprise,\u00a0 the researcher\u00a0received millions of dollars from pharmaceutical and medical companies! 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