Taylor, formerly of the University of Louisville, is known for his discovery of and research on tumor-secreted exosomes.  

Seventeen studies coauthored by Gregg Semenza have been retracted, corrected, or raised for concern, and 15 more are currently under investigation.

Scientific publishers get involved in a scandal at Temple University that has so far produced one retraction for image manipulation, a university-led investigation, and a lawsuit by one of the researchers involved.

The retracted studies were coauthored by a scientist who worked on an Alzheimer’s therapy in development by Cassava Sciences, a company reportedly under investigation for providing falsified data to the FDA.

Finding and reporting an irregularity in a published study can lead people down an unexpected path.

A complaint lodged by researchers in France prompts two petitions supporting Bik’s whistleblowing work.

Scientists identify a transcription factor that plays a key role in increased fruit size.

Papers from Catherine Verfaillie’s lab have been drawing fire for years.

PubPeer commenters have flagged more than 100 papers from branches of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research for apparent image duplication and other issues.

The microbiologist has turned her attention full-time to unearthing problematic figures in papers—for free.

The publication of the SCIPIO trial is among many by Piero Anversa’s lab that Harvard Medical School flagged for fraudulent data.

The manuscript had amassed more than 50 comments about problematic figures and data on PubPeer.

It’s the latest fallout from an investigation by Harvard and Brigham and Women’s into work overseen by Piero Anversa.

A second investigation by the school concludes that David Latchman, also the head of Birkbeck, University of London, was not involved in the image manipulation found in papers he coauthored.

It includes more than 18,000 papers and conference materials that have been retracted since the 1970s.

Anne Peyroche, who was removed as interim head of France’s National Center for Scientific Research in January, committed scientific misconduct, according to the French Academy of Sciences.

Olivier Voinnet and Patrice Dunoyer face consequences for misconduct that led to the retractions of numerous high-profile papers.

The move follows two major corrections to a 2011 Nature paper, in which researchers demonstrated that a natural compound selectively kills cancer cells.

An investigation finds regenerative medicine researcher Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson manipulated data in seven papers.