The general issue highlighted in the post "Critics rip Cell paper"
I believe that this problem is a systemic one. Authors practice selective citation to inflate the importance of their work and to avoid contrary data that would make their "story" more complicated. Editors, especially some professional editors of high profile journals, are not sufficiently knowledgeable to choose reviewers with expertise in the specific topic addressed by the paper under review. Reviewers, who may be sticklers for the scientific validity of the ...