Recent advancements in artificial intelligence have enabled generative models to produce synthetic scientific images that are indistinguishable from pristine ones, posing a challenge even for expert ...

"I see tonnes of papers where I think, these Western blots do not look real – but there’s no smoking gun," Elisabeth Bik, an image-forensics specialist, told Nature.

Since its introduction in 1979, the traditional Western blot has remained a lengthy and laborious analytical process. But by taking an automated approach, researchers can reduce errors, enhance data ...

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A neuroscientist whose work helped pave the way for an Alzheimer’s drug candidate was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of fraud.

Science sleuths use technology to find fakery in published research Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced it's requesting retractions and corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger ...

The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has requested the retraction of six studies and corrections in another 31 papers after a scathing critique drew attention to alleged errors a blogger and biologist ...

A western blot like this, with lots of individual images removed from their original context, makes it easy to commit research fraud. Credit: Yu et. al./NIH OpenI ...

The global market for Western blotting was valued at $1.4 billion in 2022 and is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6% to reach $2.1 billion by 2028.