Not sure what to make of this one.

Not sure what to make of this one. Paolo Macchiarini, experimental surgeon at Karolinska Institute, is accused of playing extremely loosely with ethical and scientific standards. The studies, involving the implantation of engineered biomaterials to restore tracheal function, have not been retracted but questions remain about the researchers' honesty in evaluating their patients before and after the procedure. Macchiarini lost his job and today it emerged that heads all the way to the top of Swedish biomedical science are rolling. Is this a real scandal or a pretext for housecleaning?
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/another-scathing-report-causes-more-eminent-heads-roll-macchiarini-scandal

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  1. rare avisSeptember 6, 2016 at 2:54 PM

    Is this the same guy who caused a scandal when he claimed to be the pope's doctor, had padded his CV and lied outright, proposed to a news producer, and was still married?

    He was one of the top docs, somewhere in Europe. Trachea rings a bell; I think he was doing transplant work?

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  2. Per SidenSeptember 6, 2016 at 2:57 PM

    I've read about the scandal, although I'm afraid I haven't bothered to get into the details. Karolinska ought to have made press releases available if nothing else.

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  3. Lev OsherovichSeptember 6, 2016 at 2:58 PM

    rare avis something like that. Lots of inconsistencies in his CV.
    en.wikipedia.org - Paolo Macchiarini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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  4. Lev OsherovichSeptember 6, 2016 at 2:59 PM

    Per Siden the story has a link to the press release

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  5. rare avisSeptember 6, 2016 at 2:59 PM


    O yeah.

    I thought he'd been given the axe a long time ago, to tell you the truth.

    My impression is that he's bad news, and practicing bad medicine.

    [http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/celebrity-surgeon-nbc-news-producer-scam]

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