Author Nets Seven Retractions

Biochemical Pharmacology pulls papers coauthored by a scientist whose work has been under investigation at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Written byKerry Grens

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Biochemical Pharmacology this week retracted seven papers from Bharat Aggarwal, who has studied the physiological effects of curcumin at MD Anderson Cancer Center. As Retraction Watch reported today (February 22), all of the retraction notices state that “the data integrity has become questionable.”

In all seven papers, figures were reused (and, in cases, manipulated to represent different results), according to the retraction notices.

Aggarwal is the subject of an institutional investigation and already has corrections, expressions of concern, and two “withdrawals” to his name.

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Kerry Grens
Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The Scientist in 2013, she was a stringer for Reuters Health, the senior health and science reporter at WHYY in Philadelphia, and the health and science reporter at New Hampshire Public Radio. Kerry got her start in journalism as a AAAS Mass Media fellow at KUNC in Colorado. She has a master’s in biological sciences from Stanford University and a biology degree from Loyola University Chicago.
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