Another Wakefield paper pulled?

[HuckleB]

http://sciblogs.co.nz/code-for-life/2010/02/13/another-wakefield-paper-pulled/

"The latest news is that Neurotoxicity has withdrawn a recent paper titled Delayed acquisition of neonatal reflexes in newborn primates receiving a thimerosal-containing Hepatitis B vaccine: Influence of gestational age and birth weight in which Andrew Wakefield is the senior author.

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Considering that this article has previously been criticised on-line (see Footnote, below), one would likely suspect that objections to the work have been raised with the editors of the journal, possibly in the light of the recent General Medical Council’s ruling and Lancet paper withdrawal, or possibly to the institutions associated with the work.

Given that this study apparently—I have to go on the word of others here—was to examine a putative (to Wakefield) link between thimerosal and autism(-like) symptoms, I’m not surprised. I’ve written previously about the putative autism—vaccine (or thimerosal) link; there are now a good number of large studies disproving such a link.

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Another piece on this matter:

Wakefield Monkey Study Withdrawn by Editor
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/2010/02/wakefield-monkey-study-withdrawn-by-editor/



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Well, I know this won't change anyone's mind, but it's good see that journals are starting to jump on the ethics and integrity issues a bit more, at least for now.

[Warpy]

1. That quack has caused a lot of damage

by fiddling with data to make it meet a preconceived conclusion. I'm glad to see him disgraced, even if the progress is glacial.

[Orrex]

2. Every time he is exposed as a fraud, it only increases his credibility among his believers

K/R

[HuckleB]

5. All too true.

But what about the Illuminati and David Icke's reptilians?
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/02/but_what_about_the_illuminati_and_david.php

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. Oh Noes! This totally dashes Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy's hopes.

[HuckleB]

4. The tragedy knows no bounds.

[trotsky]

6. Kick but unfortunately too late for an Rec.

Put this guy's work in the context of working for "big pharma" and the anti-vaxers would be calling for his head (and the heads of the company he worked for).

But freelance, trying to drum up business for his own vaccine (conflict of interest ANYONE?), he is a persecuted anti-vax hero. Go figure.

[salvorhardin]

7. This guy's work WAS Big Pharma

He was trying to make his own vaccine more attractive by showering FUD on the existing MMR vaccine. This is exactly the kind of crooked tactics the anti-pharmaceutical crowd decries, yet instead of expressing outrage at Wakefield's shoddy and unethical research, they lionize and nominate him for sainthood.