Alzheimer's researcher alleged to have doctored images is leaving UMN • Minnesota Reformer

Alzheimer's researcher alleged to have doctored images is leaving UMN • Minnesota Reformer

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Courtesy photo. A University of Minnesota neuroscientist suspected of doctoring images in a highly influential study of Alzheimer’s disease is resigning from the university after years of intense scrutiny. Sylvain Lesné was the lead author of a 2006 Nature study purporting to pinpoint a specific compound, known as Aβ*56, as a chief cause of Alzheimer’s. The paper, which was written under the supervision of fe…

Weekend reads: Alzheimer’s researcher resigns; bad stats in biology; ethical reasoning in open science

Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Mass resignations hit psychotherapy journal after publisher replaced editors. Undisclosed conflicts, lightning-fast peer review: One Alzheimer’s journal’s role in a failed drug. ‘The fraud was not subtle’: Chemist blames students after ten papers retracted. Editors resign from Springer immunology journal to launch nonprofit title. Researcher removed from journal masthead…