{"id":140299,"date":"2024-01-10T18:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T23:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=140299"},"modified":"2024-01-10T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T23:08:38","slug":"former-stanford-president-retracts-groundbreaking-alzheimers-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/former-stanford-president-retracts-groundbreaking-alzheimers-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Stanford president retracts ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retraction is his fourth in four months<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Former Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned in July of last year after an investigation found flaws in his research, retracted a 2009 science paper formerly described as “groundbreaking.”<\/p>\n

The prestigious science journal Nature <\/em>announced<\/a> the retraction in a December 18 article signed by Tessier-Lavigne (pictured<\/em>), the lead author, and his three co-authors, The Stanford Daily<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2009, Tessier-Lavigne, a neuroscientist, was an executive at the biotechnology company Genentech, according to The Daily<\/em><\/a>. Two days after the paper’s publication, Genentech described it to its shareholders as \u201cgroundbreaking basic research about an entirely new way of looking at the cause of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.”<\/p>\n

A Nature<\/em> article<\/a> published about the paper shortly after was titled, “Alzheimer’s theory makes a splash.”<\/p>\n

Tessier-Lavigne told The Daily, “<\/em>As with all of my papers, at the time of publication of Nature<\/em> 2009, I believed the results in the paper were correct and accurately presented.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely believe that there are no falsified data in the paper,\u201d he told The Daily<\/em> in a subsequent email, it reported.<\/p>\n

The retraction is Tessier-Lavigne’s fourth in four months, according to The Daily.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Such incidents are rare, as just eight out of every 10,000 science papers are retracted, according to Retraction Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily<\/em> reported that “two of Tessier-Lavigne\u2019s influential neurodevelopment papers published in Science<\/em> and a third published in Cell<\/em> were withdrawn earlier this fall after they were found to contain manipulated images.”<\/p>\n

“Another Tessier-Lavigne paper published in Nature<\/em> was issued an expression of concern over ‘manipulation of research data’ this month, implying it will likely face correction or retraction,” according to the paper.<\/p>\n

The investigation<\/a> leading to the former president’s resignation in July determined data “were manipulated in some published scientific papers on which he was a main contributor,\u201d according<\/a> to The Wall Street Journal. <\/em><\/p>\n

An investigative panel also stated Tessier-Lavigne “failed to decisively correct mistakes in published papers as they were uncovered and had lapses in oversight of his labs at multiple institutions,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

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IMAGE: Stanford University<\/p>\n

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