Ask the Experts: Alzheimer’s fabrication controversy


A couple of months ago, it was reported that an Alzheimer’s research paper from 2006, detailing the toxicity of an amyloid fragment, may have contained fabricated images, leading the neuroscience community to ask many questions.

In this Ask the Experts, Becky Carlyle (University of Oxford, UK), Mark Dallas (University of Reading, UK) and John Hardy (University College London, UK) provide their insight into what this allegation means for Alzheimer’s disease research, drug development, scientific publication and the public.

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