Guiding Principles on Human Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation (WHO)
Singapore Statement on Research Integrity (draft)
ARRIVE Guidelines for reporting animal research
ENCePP Code of Conduct (European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance)
News
2010-08-27
Vaccine's adverse effect kept secret?
At least one Finnish researcher is facing massive critique after it has been revealed that suspicions were kept secret that the vaccine against swine flu might cause narcolepsy, writes Dagens Medicin.
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2010-08-27
Confidentiality threatened by subpoenas
When doing research on the health effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, the researcher had to face subpoenas from Exxon lawyers looking
for personal information
of study subjects. Can litigation risk become an
extreme burden on certain types of research? (Nature) Read more »
2010-08-27
Ban reintroduced for schimpanzee research
Another bill to ban invasive research on schimpanzees was recently introduced in the US senate, much to the dismay of some researchers (Science). Read more »
2010-08-26
Pricey to investigate misconduct
To investigate research misconduct might be very costly, but how should the impact of research misconduct really be measured (Nature). Read more »
2010-08-26
Ruling against american stem cell research
A federal court has ruled against President Obama's executive order allowing for more stem cell research (New York Times). Read more »
2010-08-21
Fight over authorship at Karolinska
An infected dispute about proper criteria for authorship will now be handled by the expert group on misconduct. (Läkartidningen).
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2010-08-21
Ethics expert from Harvard found cheating
A well known expert on morality and cognition has been found guilty of eight instances of research misconduct (New York Times). Read more »
2010-08-18
Plagiarizing professor says he will quit
This summer, we again could read about a case of plagiarizm in media (Dagens Medicin). Read more »
2010-07-29
Could publishing a paper make you a spy?
This is fiercly discussed in the states where a chinese scientist is prosecuted after an article on pesticides. (Nature News).
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2010-07-08
Climate researchers cleared of misconduct
Now the last report from The Independent Climate Change Email Review
be read on the net.
2010-07-08
Stem cell society confuses patients
In a highly critical blog entry, Summer Johnson of Bioethics.net accuses the website of the International Society for Stem Cell Research of bringing on the therapeutic misconception. Read more »
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