A Legacy of Lies Is Stalling the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s

[pastafan]

While this is written about one disease the implications are widespread for medicine.

Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Fraud in research needs to end.

www.nytimes.com

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[willabeast]

I actually submitted a proposal to study the effect of Acyclovir on Alzheimer's many years ago when a good friend died from it. It would simply have been an epidemiological study. What I found is that the research funding is basically given to researchers. It is a closed group. To put it another way, you have to know someone. But someone did the study anyway in Sweden. Herpesvirus infections, antiviral treatment, and the risk of dementia—a registry‐based cohort study in Sweden - PMC

 

[drusso]

While this is written about one disease the implications are widespread for medicine.

Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Fraud in research needs to end.

www.nytimes.com

Follow the money.

 

[MitchLevi]

Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome

 

[epidural man]

While this is written about one disease the implications are widespread for medicine.

Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Fraud in research needs to end.

www.nytimes.com

This is one relatively small area of study, and luckily - someone cared enough to take a look.

Like you mention, I suspect this problem is probably very large and in many areas.

 

[epidural man]

I would also add - and I don't have any data for this - but I suspect the administrative burden placed on researchers is much to blame.

I used to try and love to do research. I haven't even considered it in years because it is just too damn hard to do even the simplest project. It is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[bedrock]

I would also add - and I don't have any data for this - but I suspect the administrative burden placed on researchers is much to blame.

I used to try and love to do research. I haven't even considered it in years because it is just too damn hard to do even the simplest project. It is absolutely ridiculous.

over regulation limits social progress in every part of life including science. We could take better care of patients, if ridiculous hoops weren't required for simple studies.

 

[A Deep Breath]

Anyone think there will be a story like this on pain device research some day?

 

[Ducttape]

this story should also include the problems with most fake medical research - hubris and $$$.

in the US, the vast majority of researchers do not get fame or adulation. but an R01 or an assistant professorship may be enough to entice someone to publish a fake study.


imo, if we did not have regulation, even more bogus studies would appear. it seems that most of these bogus studies seem to involve socially relevant topics - alzheimers, autism - but could involve anything that could be influenced by $$$.


it is important when reviewing each study to also check the authors. and unless one wants to go dpwn a rabbit hole with each article, stick to esteemed journals.

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.

theconversation.com

(of note, the only medication mentioned as being involved in fake research in this article was, um, ivermectin)