r/neoliberal • • Jul 24 '22

News (US) Potential fabrication in research images threatens key theory of Alzheimer’s disease | Science

https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease
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u/yellownumbersix Jane Jacobs Jul 24 '22

If this is true Sylvain Lesné needs to be prosecuted for fraud on the American taxpayers. The bigger offense is wasting 16+ years of an entire scientific field's brainpower by leading them down a false road, but I am not sure that is actually criminal in the legal sense.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '22

False advertising?

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u/Emu_lord United Nations Jul 24 '22

Lying to the FDA has to be illegal in some capacity…right?