BMJ taken in by stem cell scammers
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2025 12:29 am
The BMJ published this article just 13 days ago, and is now probably wishing it hadn't. It claims that injections of stem cells are beneficial in recovery from heart attacks, but the fraud in the dataset is visible from space.
It will surely be particularly embarrassing for QMUL, where two researchers, including a senior cardiologist, managed to get themselves caught up in this. (Ha ha, just joking! QMUL is never embarrassed by its staff's malfeasance, as shown by the PACE trial.)
It will surely be particularly embarrassing for QMUL, where two researchers, including a senior cardiologist, managed to get themselves caught up in this. (Ha ha, just joking! QMUL is never embarrassed by its staff's malfeasance, as shown by the PACE trial.)