Patricia Murray
@pmurray65.bsky.social
Stem cell biologist and ex-nurse. Interested in research integrity. Views my own.
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Who would've thought in 2015 this site would exist 10 years on.
Worse, who would've thought For Better Science would have such an immense impact!
Worse, who would've thought For Better Science would have such an immense impact!
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Who would've thought in 2015 this site would exist 10 years on.
Worse, who would've thought For Better Science would have such an immense impact!
Worse, who would've thought For Better Science would have such an immense impact!
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" supplies from a cord blood bank in Slovakia. "
"A 51-year-old anaesthetist in Veldhoven has been ordered to stop giving experimental umbilical cord blood transfusions to children and adults after carrying out the procedures without a licence." www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/doct...
Doctor banned from giving experimental stem cell treatment - DutchNews.nl
A 51-year-old anaesthetist in Veldhoven has been ordered to stop giving experimental umbilical cord blood transfusions to children and adults after carrying out the procedures without a licence, broad...
www.dutchnews.nl
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
" supplies from a cord blood bank in Slovakia. "
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Just deposited preprint reporting results of Delphi survey on attitudes to sanctions for serious research misconduct
zenodo.org/records/1577...
#fraud #researchIntegrity
zenodo.org/records/1577...
#fraud #researchIntegrity
FAIRS Delphi Survey: Attitudes to sanctions for serious research misconduct
Abstract Background: Research fraud is often seen as a rare event, but evidence from self-report surveys indicates that fabrication and falsification of data are common enough to be a problem. This st...
zenodo.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just deposited preprint reporting results of Delphi survey on attitudes to sanctions for serious research misconduct
zenodo.org/records/1577...
#fraud #researchIntegrity
zenodo.org/records/1577...
#fraud #researchIntegrity
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Springer Nature and others have published dozens of papers by Egyptian and Saudi researchers with totally fabricated comet assay images. I have written about these papers here, and provided some tips on how to identify these problematic images: forbetterscience.com/2025/06/24/c...
June 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Springer Nature and others have published dozens of papers by Egyptian and Saudi researchers with totally fabricated comet assay images. I have written about these papers here, and provided some tips on how to identify these problematic images: forbetterscience.com/2025/06/24/c...
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🧵Brief explainer on this report, just up on Zenodo
zenodo.org/records/1537...
Because it's a sensitive topic, there isn't much good evidence about rates of research misconduct. Self-report surveys suggest higher rates than data from official allegations. 1/n
zenodo.org/records/1537...
Because it's a sensitive topic, there isn't much good evidence about rates of research misconduct. Self-report surveys suggest higher rates than data from official allegations. 1/n
A non-anonymised review of annual statements on research misconduct from UK institutions in 2023-4, with a focus on research fraud
zenodo.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🧵Brief explainer on this report, just up on Zenodo
zenodo.org/records/1537...
Because it's a sensitive topic, there isn't much good evidence about rates of research misconduct. Self-report surveys suggest higher rates than data from official allegations. 1/n
zenodo.org/records/1537...
Because it's a sensitive topic, there isn't much good evidence about rates of research misconduct. Self-report surveys suggest higher rates than data from official allegations. 1/n
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re reporting research misconduct investigations, it's disappointing that the "full dataset" mentioned in this UKCORI report excludes both identities of institutions & all quantitative data. zenodo.org/records/8014...
As Oransky/Marcus argue "who does confidentiality serve?"
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
As Oransky/Marcus argue "who does confidentiality serve?"
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
Why Universities Should Make Misconduct Reports Public | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Cambridge Core
Why Universities Should Make Misconduct Reports Public
doi.org
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
re reporting research misconduct investigations, it's disappointing that the "full dataset" mentioned in this UKCORI report excludes both identities of institutions & all quantitative data. zenodo.org/records/8014...
As Oransky/Marcus argue "who does confidentiality serve?"
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
As Oransky/Marcus argue "who does confidentiality serve?"
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
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Fall-out from Macchiarini scandal seems never-ending. Blogpost by Peter Wilmshurst & Trish Murray. drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
Not a good look for UCL; quote: “Neither the UKRIO Code of Practice nor the ICMJE guidelines are UCL policy."
Not a good look for UCL; quote: “Neither the UKRIO Code of Practice nor the ICMJE guidelines are UCL policy."
https://drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/ucl-rebuffs-calls-to-retract-another-falsified-paper-by-professor-birchall/“Neither
March 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fall-out from Macchiarini scandal seems never-ending. Blogpost by Peter Wilmshurst & Trish Murray. drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
Not a good look for UCL; quote: “Neither the UKRIO Code of Practice nor the ICMJE guidelines are UCL policy."
Not a good look for UCL; quote: “Neither the UKRIO Code of Practice nor the ICMJE guidelines are UCL policy."
UCL rebuffs another falsified paper by Prof Birchall
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
UCL rebuffs calls to retract another falsified paper by Prof Birchall
The evidence shows that Professor Martin Birchall has been a willing party in research misconduct and that the academic institution that employs him, University College London, finds his conduct ac…
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
UCL rebuffs another falsified paper by Prof Birchall
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/u...
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4 people charged; child was "treated" for ADHD and sleep apnea but wait, RFK Jr says FDA is suppressing benefits of "remedies such as vitamins, stem-cell treatments, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and compounds that aim to detoxify blood."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... @altfda.altgov.info
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... @altfda.altgov.info
A 5-year-old's death in a Michigan hyperbaric chamber has sparked calls for more oversight of unsupervised hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the wellness industry.
Michigan boy's death raises concerns about unregulated hyperbaric oxygen therapy
State legislators want greater oversight of the wellness industry after 5-year-old Thomas Cooper was killed in a hyperbaric chamber fire in January.
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March 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
4 people charged; child was "treated" for ADHD and sleep apnea but wait, RFK Jr says FDA is suppressing benefits of "remedies such as vitamins, stem-cell treatments, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and compounds that aim to detoxify blood."
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... @altfda.altgov.info
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... @altfda.altgov.info
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Interested in how we can tackle the scourge of research fraud? And meeting people in the delightful city of Oxford? Join us at the FAIRS meeting in April - in-person and online options.
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
March 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Interested in how we can tackle the scourge of research fraud? And meeting people in the delightful city of Oxford? Join us at the FAIRS meeting in April - in-person and online options.
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
More details and booking form: www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load)
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And you can now read a copy of the new report: 99-percent.org/wp-content/u...
March 5, 2025 at 10:25 AM
And you can now read a copy of the new report: 99-percent.org/wp-content/u...
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i look forward to reading this, but initial scan suggests it’s tinkering with a process that might benefit from more radical upheaval.
Today some of the leading economists released a report on how to improve the publication and peer review process in our profession. It is great!
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
www.econometricsociety.org/uploads/docu...
www.econometricsociety.org
February 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
i look forward to reading this, but initial scan suggests it’s tinkering with a process that might benefit from more radical upheaval.
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Overview: Mesenchymal cells or MSCs: definition, clinical potential, challenges ipscell.com/2021/02/mese... #stemcells
Mesenchymal cells or MSCs: definition, clinical potential, challenges - The Niche
MSC field has data that this simple acronym has a more complicated back story. Just call them mesenchymal cells rather than stem cells.
ipscell.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Overview: Mesenchymal cells or MSCs: definition, clinical potential, challenges ipscell.com/2021/02/mese... #stemcells
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Bazerman has an excellent book coming out in May where he describes the whole story of Gino and collaborators and reflects on what makes people commit fraud. No punches pulled
Replication of Gino and Bazerman (2009, Study 1): http://osf.io/a6qnk_v1/
February 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Bazerman has an excellent book coming out in May where he describes the whole story of Gino and collaborators and reflects on what makes people commit fraud. No punches pulled
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ALLEA (European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities) Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
allea.org/portfolio-it...
allea.org/portfolio-it...
ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
allea.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
ALLEA (European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities) Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
allea.org/portfolio-it...
allea.org/portfolio-it...
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disturbing blogpost about unethical use of hyperbaric chambers - inadequate regulation by health authority
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/r...
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/r...
Recent death confirms regulators are failing to protect patients
By Professor Patricia Murray and Peter Wilmshurst In an earlier blog we expressed concern that ten doctors, including four professors, at the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trus…
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February 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
disturbing blogpost about unethical use of hyperbaric chambers - inadequate regulation by health authority
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/r...
drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/r...
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new paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social and colleagues documenting the disturbing phenonmenon of stealth corrections in the scientific literature onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Existence of Stealth Corrections in Scientific Literature—A Threat to Scientific Integrity
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
new paper by @deadneanderthals.bsky.social and colleagues documenting the disturbing phenonmenon of stealth corrections in the scientific literature onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Review of Csaba Szabo's book "Unreliable": "Its central thesis — that the scientific enterprise has been undermined by hypercompetition, financial incentives, and a culture of publish-or-perish — resonates as both a warning and a call to action."
forbetterscience.com/2025/02/03/u...
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“Unreliable” by Csaba Szabo – book review and excerpt
Csaba Szabo’s book “Unreliable: Bias, Fraud, and the Reproducibility Crisis in Biomedical Research” – review by Zoltan Ungvari and excerpt.
forbetterscience.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Review of Csaba Szabo's book "Unreliable": "Its central thesis — that the scientific enterprise has been undermined by hypercompetition, financial incentives, and a culture of publish-or-perish — resonates as both a warning and a call to action."
forbetterscience.com/2025/02/03/u...
forbetterscience.com/2025/02/03/u...
The long Covid 'treatments' to avoid, including stem cells and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: inews.co.uk/news/health/...
The long Covid ‘treatments’ to avoid
People with long Covid are resorting to a range of unproven remedies, from supplements to stem cells, but simple rehabilitation techniques are proving the best medicine
inews.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The long Covid 'treatments' to avoid, including stem cells and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: inews.co.uk/news/health/...
Great news: ipscell.com/2025/01/geor...
Georgia AG wins $5.1M judgment against stem cell clinic firm Superior Healthcare - The Niche
Professor discusses how the Georgia AG won a huge settlement against Superior Healthcare, Steven Peyroux and Brent Detelich.
ipscell.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great news: ipscell.com/2025/01/geor...