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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1552029" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/01/paolo-macchiarini-scientist-surgeon-rise-and-fall" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/01/paolo-macchiarini-scientist-surgeon-rise-and-fall</a></p><p></p><p>Scary reading. Selected quotes from a long article.</p><p></p><p>"By 2011, he was working in Sweden at one of the world’s most prestigious medical universities, the Karolinska Institute, whose professors annually select the winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. "</p><p></p><p>Skip forward to 2016.</p><p></p><p>"Macchiarini’s fall was swift, but troubling questions remain about why he was allowed to continue his experiments for so long. Some answers <a href="http://www.sll.se/Global/Verksamhet/H%C3%A4lsa%20och%20v%C3%A5rd/Nyhet%20bilaga/The%20Macchiarini%20Case%20Summary%20(eng).pdf" target="_blank">have emerged</a> from the <a href="http://ki.se/en/news/ki-finds-paolo-macchiarini-and-three-co-authors-guilty-of-scientific-misconduct" target="_blank">official inquiries</a> into the Karolinska Institute and the Karolinska University hospital. They identified many problems with the way the twin organisations handled him."</p><p></p><p>"Macchiarini’s fame had won him well-placed backers. These included Harriet Wallberg, who was the vice-chancellor of the Karolinska Institute in 2010, when Macchiarini was recruited. She pushed through his appointment despite the fact that he had some very negative references and <a href="http://ki.se/sites/default/files/karolinska_institutet_and_the_macchiarini_case_summary_in_english_and_swedish.pdf" target="_blank">dubious claims</a> on his résumé."</p><p></p><p>"</p><p>In early 2014, four Karolinska doctors defied the reigning culture of silence by complaining about Macchiarini. In their view, he was grossly misrepresenting his results and the health of his patients. An independent investigator <a href="http://www.sjukhuslakaren.se/the-macchiarini-case-read-the-whistleblowers-own-words/" target="_blank">agreed</a>. But the vice-chancellor of Karolinska Institute, Anders Hamsten, wasn’t bound by this judgement. He officially cleared Macchiarini of scientific misconduct, allowing merely that he’d sometimes acted “without due care”.</p><p></p><p>For their efforts, the whistleblowers were punished. When Macchiarini accused one of them, Karl-Henrik Grinnemo, of stealing his work in a grant application, Hamsten found him guilty. As Grinnemo <a href="http://retractionwatch.com/2017/03/24/three-tough-years-macchiarini-whistleblower-cleared-previous-charges/" target="_blank">recalls</a>, it nearly destroyed his career: “I didn’t receive any new grants. No one wanted to collaborate with me. We were doing good research, but it didn’t matter … I thought I was going to lose my lab, my staff – everything.”</p><p>"</p><p></p><p>"The Macchiarini scandal claimed many of his powerful friends. The vice-chancellor, Anders Hamsten, resigned. So did Karolinska’s dean of research. Likewise the secretary-general of the Nobel Committee. The university board was dismissed and even Harriet Wallberg, who’d moved on to become the chancellor for all Swedish universities, lost her job."</p><p></p><p>All in all a sorry tale, and it highlights that all scientific research, both that beloved by the establishment and that espoused by us on the site, should be viewed in a very jaundiced and cynical light.</p><p></p><p>Almost everything we do is influenced to a lesser or greater extent by the people who pay our wages and by the career progression we look for to give ourselves job and life security.</p><p></p><p>Note especially how harshly the whistle blowers were punished.</p><p>That sends a very clear establishment message to all researchers.</p><p>Which in turn should sens a very strong message to all of us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1552029, member: 6467"] [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/01/paolo-macchiarini-scientist-surgeon-rise-and-fall[/URL] Scary reading. Selected quotes from a long article. "By 2011, he was working in Sweden at one of the world’s most prestigious medical universities, the Karolinska Institute, whose professors annually select the winner of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. " Skip forward to 2016. "Macchiarini’s fall was swift, but troubling questions remain about why he was allowed to continue his experiments for so long. Some answers [URL='http://www.sll.se/Global/Verksamhet/H%C3%A4lsa%20och%20v%C3%A5rd/Nyhet%20bilaga/The%20Macchiarini%20Case%20Summary%20(eng).pdf']have emerged[/URL] from the [URL='http://ki.se/en/news/ki-finds-paolo-macchiarini-and-three-co-authors-guilty-of-scientific-misconduct']official inquiries[/URL] into the Karolinska Institute and the Karolinska University hospital. They identified many problems with the way the twin organisations handled him." "Macchiarini’s fame had won him well-placed backers. These included Harriet Wallberg, who was the vice-chancellor of the Karolinska Institute in 2010, when Macchiarini was recruited. She pushed through his appointment despite the fact that he had some very negative references and [URL='http://ki.se/sites/default/files/karolinska_institutet_and_the_macchiarini_case_summary_in_english_and_swedish.pdf']dubious claims[/URL] on his résumé." " In early 2014, four Karolinska doctors defied the reigning culture of silence by complaining about Macchiarini. In their view, he was grossly misrepresenting his results and the health of his patients. An independent investigator [URL='http://www.sjukhuslakaren.se/the-macchiarini-case-read-the-whistleblowers-own-words/']agreed[/URL]. But the vice-chancellor of Karolinska Institute, Anders Hamsten, wasn’t bound by this judgement. He officially cleared Macchiarini of scientific misconduct, allowing merely that he’d sometimes acted “without due care”. For their efforts, the whistleblowers were punished. When Macchiarini accused one of them, Karl-Henrik Grinnemo, of stealing his work in a grant application, Hamsten found him guilty. As Grinnemo [URL='http://retractionwatch.com/2017/03/24/three-tough-years-macchiarini-whistleblower-cleared-previous-charges/']recalls[/URL], it nearly destroyed his career: “I didn’t receive any new grants. No one wanted to collaborate with me. We were doing good research, but it didn’t matter … I thought I was going to lose my lab, my staff – everything.” " "The Macchiarini scandal claimed many of his powerful friends. The vice-chancellor, Anders Hamsten, resigned. So did Karolinska’s dean of research. Likewise the secretary-general of the Nobel Committee. The university board was dismissed and even Harriet Wallberg, who’d moved on to become the chancellor for all Swedish universities, lost her job." All in all a sorry tale, and it highlights that all scientific research, both that beloved by the establishment and that espoused by us on the site, should be viewed in a very jaundiced and cynical light. Almost everything we do is influenced to a lesser or greater extent by the people who pay our wages and by the career progression we look for to give ourselves job and life security. Note especially how harshly the whistle blowers were punished. That sends a very clear establishment message to all researchers. Which in turn should sens a very strong message to all of us. [/QUOTE]
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