Secret dossier on research fraud suggests government concern over science

For the last 12 years I’ve been battling to expose a case of research fraud that may have cost lives. But nobody in the British science establishment wants to know. Most surprisingly, the UK Research Integrity Office has wiggled out of examining my evidence. To see the evidence visit www.cheshire-innovation.com/sali/pedsali.htm

Well, what a surprise. Construct a system that links money (grant funding) and career progression etc so intimately to high impact publication (or even, any publication) and this is what's going to happen. Squeeze the sources of funding etc into the bargain and is it any surprise that there's a perceived increase in research fraud?

I think research misconducts should be treated as a crime and be prosecuted by federal prosecutor. An government official abusing taxpayer’s money can be prosecuted. Why a cheating “scientist” abusing taxpayers’ money can not be prosecuted as a crime? The research integrity officers in research institutions are not independent, and they need get approval from provost, deans and … … in order to move forward for an inquiry or investigation because this involves the institution’s reputation and financial interest (grant money… …). Many times, conflict of interest is involved when the case is handled by the cheater’s institution. For example, I do not think a university is willing to risk losing a PI with several RO1 grants worth $millions of grant money. Actually, some institutions are essentially serving as the cheater’s “defense lawyer” to protect and even encourage the misconduct behavior.

This report is alarming and links with the current controversy surrounding the PACE trial which contains flawed science, is, a travesty of science, a tragedy for patients, and tantamount to fraud. Retraction of the paper has been called for and the data, from the publicly funded, study requested. Both have been resisted by the publisher, editors, the University involved, QMUL, and the authors - shades of Hillsborough! For many years an attempt has been made to label a number of serious chronic multi- system illnesses, CMIs, as somatoform disorders [all in the mind, hysteria, malingering] resulting in justice, support and care being denied to very sick people. They particularly affect people with ME, Gulf War Syndrome/Illness, 1990-1, and organophosphate poisoning Malcolm Hooper (Emeritus Professor)