FRAUD

MD stands for Massive Deception

Michael Cook | 11 March 2017 | Comments

tags: australia, fraud

Australian hospitals duped by fake doctor

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Stem cell shenanigans by a Casanova in the Karolinska

Michael Cook | 07 February 2016 | Comments

tags: fraud, stem cell research, stem cells

Celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini under fire in Sweden and the US

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Nearly 2/3 of psychology papers cannot be trusted

Michael Cook | 04 September 2015 | Comments

tags: fraud, reproducibility, scientific method

Out of 100 papers, only 31 could be replicated.

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Couples fall victim to surrogate fraud

Michael Cook | 16 May 2014 | Comments

tags: commercialization, fraud, surrogacy

Increasingly surrogacy services offer rich pickings for con artists.

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Woman sentenced to 5 years jail for cruel surrogacy fraud

Xavier Symons | 18 May 2013 | Comments

tags: fraud, surrogacy

A Californian women has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after she misappropriated US$2.5 million from a surrogacy company. Tonya Ann Collins, 37, set up the company Surrogenesis in 2005, along with the escrow company Michael Charles Independent Financial Holding Group.

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Oh no! Not again! Not another Korean stem cell fraud!

Michael Cook | 02 June 2012 | Comments

tags: fraud, Korea, stem cells

Korean scientists will need more than a stiff drink to recover their joie de vivre after another stem cell researcher at Seoul National University has admitted that she manipulated data for articles published in an international journal.

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“Alarming cracks” in the edifice of science

Michael Cook | 12 May 2012 | Comments

tags: bias, bioethics, credibility of science, fraud

Many of the most heated policy debates in bioethics hinge on the accuracy of the research -- in biology, medicine and social science. So anything which affects the reliability of scientific knowledge also has a bearing on bioethics.

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Nevada doctor charged in alleged stem cell case

Jared Yee | 15 October 2011 | Comments

tags: bioethics, fraud, stem cells, US

A Nevada paediatrician has been charged with conspiring to implant chronically ill patients with stem cells collected from human placentas.

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Shonky stem cell company bribes Koreans with treatment

Jared Yee | 13 November 2010 | Comments

tags: commercialization, fraud, Korea, stem cells

Bargain prices for stem cell injections

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Korean stem cell fraud given suspended sentence

Michael Cook | 28 October 2009 | Comments

tags: fraud, stem cells

Crowd cheers, “We trust Dr Hwang! Cheer up, Dr Hwang!”