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Matthias Wjst, md, prof, Munich — retired but let’s name it graduated — #molecular #epidemiology #imaging #ethics #integrity
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And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 AM
And just like that, the US has left the World Health Organization.
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
Link goes to the official announcement—lies pretending to justify a decision that will kill countless numbers—from people too stupid to even include a proper twittercard.
www.hhs.gov/press-room/u...
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BMJ not yet prepared to retract this trial bit.ly/4jBjyIA
bit.ly/4aLeQ8L
Despite innumerable integrity issues, including repeating patterns of outcome data, see comment #16: bit.ly/3NxsSks
bit.ly/4aLeQ8L
Despite innumerable integrity issues, including repeating patterns of outcome data, see comment #16: bit.ly/3NxsSks
Prevention of acute myocardial infarction induced heart failure by intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells: phase 3 randomised clinical trial (PREVENT-TAHA8)
Objective To assess the effect of intracoronary infusion of mesenchymal stem cells on the development of post-myocardial infarction heart failure.
Design Phase 3 randomised clinical trial.
Setting T...
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 10:08 AM
BMJ not yet prepared to retract this trial bit.ly/4jBjyIA
bit.ly/4aLeQ8L
Despite innumerable integrity issues, including repeating patterns of outcome data, see comment #16: bit.ly/3NxsSks
bit.ly/4aLeQ8L
Despite innumerable integrity issues, including repeating patterns of outcome data, see comment #16: bit.ly/3NxsSks
A Controlled Descent into Pre-Enlightenment Healthcare
🧬 New Nature Medicine Comment from Jeffery K. Taubenberger, John H. Powers & Jay Bhattacharya outlines NIAID’s updated research vision, focusing on infectious diseases and immunology.
Read here: https://ow.ly/Ymp550XY6Uy
Read here: https://ow.ly/Ymp550XY6Uy
The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Nature Medicine
Preparing for tomorrow’s threats by enhancing our ability to help patients today.
ow.ly
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 AM
A Controlled Descent into Pre-Enlightenment Healthcare
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Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
A small team of volunteers is tracking thousands of falsified studies, including cases of bribery, fraud and plagiarism
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Science journals retract 500 papers a month. This is why it matters
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Scientists are often encouraged to remain “neutral” on social and political issues as if the conditions under which science is conducted, funded, and applied are somehow separate from politics and the state of the world around us. They aren’t.
January 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Scientists are often encouraged to remain “neutral” on social and political issues as if the conditions under which science is conducted, funded, and applied are somehow separate from politics and the state of the world around us. They aren’t.
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There's the way Trump is gleefully happy to accept someone else's Nobel prize, and then there's the way Richard Feynman viewed Nobel prizes.
Feynman_i_dont_like_honors_ [longer_version]
YouTube video by batxg3
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January 16, 2026 at 5:37 AM
There's the way Trump is gleefully happy to accept someone else's Nobel prize, and then there's the way Richard Feynman viewed Nobel prizes.
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We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”
The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.
insidemedicine.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 AM
We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
It’s worse than you thought.
Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…
with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...
this seems to be the next big thing although it will become even harder to verify the information chain
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming the “USB-C for AI tools” in biotech—connecting LLM agents to PubMed, Ensembl/NCBI, UniProt/AlphaFold, ChEMBL/PubChem, clinicaltrials.gov, and more. Top 20 MCP servers + risks & governance 👇 intuitionlabs.ai/articles/mcp...
Top MCP Servers for Biotech: Connecting AI to Research Data | IntuitionLabs
Explore the top MCP servers for biotech. Learn how the Model Context Protocol connects AI agents and LLMs to critical databases for genomics and drug discovery.
intuitionlabs.ai
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
this seems to be the next big thing although it will become even harder to verify the information chain
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has revealed that he’s helping Francesca Gino, the honesty researcher who was fired from Harvard for research misconduct. “We will provide whatever resources she needs to clear her name,” he wrote.
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/an-i...
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/an-i...
An Influential Billionaire Is Funding a Disgraced Scientist’s Fight Against Harvard
Bill Ackman said on X that he’s been backing Francesca Gino, the embattled honesty researcher, in her lawsuit against Harvard since June 2024.
www.chronicle.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has revealed that he’s helping Francesca Gino, the honesty researcher who was fired from Harvard for research misconduct. “We will provide whatever resources she needs to clear her name,” he wrote.
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/an-i...
New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/an-i...
In Memoriam: The Academic Journal
arxiv.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Let‘s not forget many others from Leslie Florence to Widukind Lenz who was most instrumental in ending sales of Contergan web.archive.org/web/20190731...
Frances Kelsey thalidomide
Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide: The Sass That Saved Thousands Dr. Frances Kelsey The FDA Medical Officer Who Practiced Medicine With Scientific and Ethical Integrity Not all courage roars. Sometimes ... Read more
The post Frances @amyloujenkins1 https://www.rfr.bz/b5d048a
Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide: The Sass That Saved Thousands Dr. Frances Kelsey The FDA Medical Officer Who Practiced Medicine With Scientific and Ethical Integrity Not all courage roars. Sometimes ... Read more
The post Frances @amyloujenkins1 https://www.rfr.bz/b5d048a
Frances Kelsey thalidomide
Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide: The Sass That Saved Thousands Dr. Frances Kelsey The FDA Medical Officer Who Practiced Medicine With Scientific and Ethical Integrity Not all courage roars. Sometimes ... ...
www.rfr.bz
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Let‘s not forget many others from Leslie Florence to Widukind Lenz who was most instrumental in ending sales of Contergan web.archive.org/web/20190731...
this seems to explain the blabla I received on my last submission
There are many reasons that being a scientist is very difficult right now. But learning that a manuscript I fucking bled over (metaphorically and sometimes literally) would be reviewed by AI would take me over the edge.
A study shows that more than half of peer reviewers (53%) now use AI. The reviewers claim using AI mostly to draft reports (59%), summarize findings (29%), or flag potential misconduct (28%).
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/12...
www.frontiersin.org/news/2025/12...
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 AM
this seems to explain the blabla I received on my last submission
We are approaching the deadline of the image forgery competition www.kaggle.com/competitions... with a clear leader. Can they keep the pace with new data?
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
We are approaching the deadline of the image forgery competition www.kaggle.com/competitions... with a clear leader. Can they keep the pace with new data?
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Ten African Security Trends from 2025 in Graphics
#6 The DRC crisis is complex, with contentious issues surrounding regional rivalries, natural resources, nationality and citizenship, government legitimacy, use of mercenaries, and predatory behavior by the armed forces.
africacenter.org/spo...
#6 The DRC crisis is complex, with contentious issues surrounding regional rivalries, natural resources, nationality and citizenship, government legitimacy, use of mercenaries, and predatory behavior by the armed forces.
africacenter.org/spo...
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Ten African Security Trends from 2025 in Graphics
#6 The DRC crisis is complex, with contentious issues surrounding regional rivalries, natural resources, nationality and citizenship, government legitimacy, use of mercenaries, and predatory behavior by the armed forces.
africacenter.org/spo...
#6 The DRC crisis is complex, with contentious issues surrounding regional rivalries, natural resources, nationality and citizenship, government legitimacy, use of mercenaries, and predatory behavior by the armed forces.
africacenter.org/spo...
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Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer | www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer | www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What about a DNP („do not publish“) database based on Clinical Trials post hoc registration? clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT073...
ClinicalTrials.gov
clinicaltrials.gov
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What about a DNP („do not publish“) database based on Clinical Trials post hoc registration? clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT073...
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A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives
Learn more: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives
December 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.
Learn more: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives
Learn more: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives
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Tis the season when we repeat "peace on earth" -- even as a massacre has been unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan, apparently claiming tens of thousands of lives. It may have slaughtered as many people in seven weeks as the Gaza war did in two years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | As We Speak of ‘Peace on Earth,’ We Seem Indifferent to a Mass Atrocity
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Tis the season when we repeat "peace on earth" -- even as a massacre has been unfolding in El Fasher, Sudan, apparently claiming tens of thousands of lives. It may have slaughtered as many people in seven weeks as the Gaza war did in two years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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JFK’s Assassination and “Doing Your Own Research” Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy’s assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories and the fervor of those who set out to expose them. daily.jstor.org/jfks...
JFK’s Assassination and “Doing Your Own Research” - JSTOR Daily
Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy’s assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories and the fervor of those who set out to expose them.
daily.jstor.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
JFK’s Assassination and “Doing Your Own Research” Revelations about secret government programs after Kennedy’s assassination increased the power of conspiracy theories and the fervor of those who set out to expose them. daily.jstor.org/jfks...
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Today the Swiss announced they don't have an agreement with Springer Nature -- swissuniversity tried to secure a deal and failed in the face of the extreme rise in publishing fees.
When the game is rigged, it's better to stop playing.
🧵 to understand the drain of scientific publishing👇
When the game is rigged, it's better to stop playing.
🧵 to understand the drain of scientific publishing👇
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today the Swiss announced they don't have an agreement with Springer Nature -- swissuniversity tried to secure a deal and failed in the face of the extreme rise in publishing fees.
When the game is rigged, it's better to stop playing.
🧵 to understand the drain of scientific publishing👇
When the game is rigged, it's better to stop playing.
🧵 to understand the drain of scientific publishing👇
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants
BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. (Dana-Farber) has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, it made materially false statements and certifications relat...
www.justice.gov
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Agrees to Pay $15 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Related to Scientific Research Grants. The relator [Sholto David] will receive $2,625,000 under today’s settlement.
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/d...
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Agenda 2063 is anchored in the aspiration to craft “The Africa We Want,” a peaceful, prosperous, integrated, people-driven, and globally influential continent. Significant strides have been made in translating vision into practice, even while significant work remains.
africacenter.org/spo...
africacenter.org/spo...
December 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Agenda 2063 is anchored in the aspiration to craft “The Africa We Want,” a peaceful, prosperous, integrated, people-driven, and globally influential continent. Significant strides have been made in translating vision into practice, even while significant work remains.
africacenter.org/spo...
africacenter.org/spo...
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Thrilled to be part of the @uoftmedicine.bsky.social Magazine spotlight on scientific integrity, especially in AI research, emphasizing the critical importance of reproducibility, data quality, and validation, not just performance metrics.
uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2026-winter/
uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2026-winter/
December 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thrilled to be part of the @uoftmedicine.bsky.social Magazine spotlight on scientific integrity, especially in AI research, emphasizing the critical importance of reproducibility, data quality, and validation, not just performance metrics.
uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2026-winter/
uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2026-winter/
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“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
Trump’s AI-Regulation Ban Is a Threat to National Security
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it,” former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel argues.
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Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Scientific evidence shows, once again, there is no causal link between vaccines and autism. Vaccines cause adults. - @drtedros.who.int