Although scientists debate the ethics of deliberately infecting volunteers with SARS-CoV-2, plenty of consenting participants have been exposed to all sorts of pathogens in prior trials.

The company behind a now-discredited study on hydroxychloroquine also posted a report that has been cited by Latin American governments recommending ivermectin as a possible coronavirus treatment. Clinicians there say the effects have been extremely damaging.

More than five years after his arrest, Li Ning of China Agricultural University is convicted of stealing nearly $5 million of grant money.

Many preclinical studies carried out in vivo are poorly designed and generate irreproducible data, but efforts to address the problem are on the rise.

A case in which the University of Florida killed birds to protect crop research raises questions on the ethics of field studies’ potential side effects.

A recent toast to James Watson highlights a tolerance for bigotry many want excised from the scientific community.

A painting of the woman who was the source of HeLa cells will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery beginning May 15.

The physician-scientist recruited future Nobel Prize winners to build the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas into a first-rate institution. 

The Chilean government contends that the remains of a mummified fetus, recently sequenced by US researchers, were exhumed illegally.

Anne Peyroche has been acting president of the French science organization since last October.

The BMJ inquiry finds that researchers presented only select results from animal experiments when applying for funding and approval for human trials.

How to tell reputable journals from shady ones

With lifestyles similar to our hunter-gatherer ancestors, the San people of Southern Africa are popular study subjects.

Several initiatives aim to improve research integrity in the country, but recent high-profile cases of misconduct highlight a lingering problem.

This fundamental form of scientific communication is threatened by modern recording technology and researchers who refuse to adhere to an age-old ethical code. 

Idiot Brain, Wild Sex, Why Diets Make Us Fat, and The Ethics of Invention

Ethical issues attend the creation of animal-human chimeras.

Science releases new guidelines for research transparency, hoping to stem the tide of retractions and misconduct.

The number of plagiarism-based retractions has grown since the advent of detection software, according to a BioMed Central analysis.