NEW YORK - Scientists in a prominent cancer lab at Columbia University have now had four studies retracted and a stern note added to a fifth accusing it of “severe abuse of the scientific publishing system”, the latest fallout fromA scientific sleuth in Britain in 2023 uncovered discrepancies in data published by the Columbia lab, including the reuse of photos and other images across different papers.
One of those articles was retracted last month after the Times asked publishers about the allegations. In recent weeks, medical journals have retracted three additional studies, which described new strategies for treating cancers of the stomach, head and neck. Other labs had cited the articles in roughly 90 papers.
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