Embattled Stem Cell Researchers Sue Harvard And Brigham And Women’s Hospital

Two embattled and highly controversial stem cell researchers are suing the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School for an ongoing investigation into their research. The investigation has already resulted in the retraction of one paper in Circulation and an expression of concern about another paper in the Lancet. The suit was filed by Piero Anversa, the highly prominent…

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Lancet Editors Raise More Questions About Prominent Harvard Stem Cell Researcher

There’s more trouble for Piero Anversa, the prominent and controversial stem cell researcher. Today the Lancet issued an expression of concern about an influential, much-cited stem cell paper. As first reported by Retraction Watch, an investigation at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has raised concerns about the integrity of data coming from Piero Anversa’s laboratory at the Brigham…

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Circulation Retracts Paper By Stem Cell Pioneer And Its Own Editor

Following an investigation by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital a 2012 paper published in Circulation has been retracted. The “institutional review… determined that the data are sufficiently compromised that a retraction is warranted.” The two senior authors of the paper are Piero Anversa, a pioneering researcher in cardiac stem cells, and Joseph Loscalzo, the editor-in-chief of Circulation and the…

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