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Valerie will have done due research before making that announcement, so if she says there will be minor corrections, then that's what we can expect.
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Controversial opinion: they've done this in order to change one comma on page 36 or something, knowing that we'll all be tearing our hair out trying to find what they've changed, sniggering into their coco all the while.
We do not accept the speculation that the chance that a determined person with specialist skills could make the link, while less than probable, is more than remote. There is no tangible evidence before us to persuade us that it is more than remote.
Chortle.I checked this with some tools in less than ideal circumstances, and with limited concentration, and only found an error that has been corrected.
Previously the "more" was "less".
So it's more or less the same then.Previously the "more" was "less".
I checked this with some tools in less than ideal circumstances, and with limited concentration, and only found an error that has been corrected.
Previously the "more" was "less".
The new version contains text rather than images of text, which is nice.
This is not directly related to PACE, but is a medical scandal which has taken place in Sweden. In short the Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini at Karolinska university hospital claimed to have developed a revolutionary synthetic windpipe, but instead it caused deaths among patients. He is also accused for cutting corners in research projects. He performed surgery on patients _knowing_ it would not work.
The reason I am sharing this here, is that thanks to an external inquiry, the scandal has led to consequences also for people in leading positions. Quite a few are now leaving their jobs and thus taking responsibility for what has happened. It is good to see that negligence have consequences.
An article from the university hospital (Karolinska institute) involved.
BBC has also covered the case:
Two judges have been asked to leave a panel that picks the Nobel prize for medicine in a scandal surrounding a disgraced Italian transplant surgeon.
No mixing They even defended him...Isn't the Lancet involved in the Macchiarini scandal as well, or I am mixing everything?
It's called GETSET (you lazy buggers). It's like PACE with a special book. You've missed all the fun.One thing I spotted reading it this time that I didn't notice first time through is that QUML had argued that releasing the data might be detrimental in getting funding for future trials, but that this was dismissed because they already have funding in place for a further trial. (see page 41, item viii).
Another trial?? This rings alarm bells. Do we know about it, what is it, should we be trying to get it stopped until the PACE data has been re-analysed?
Any clue, anyone?
This is not directly related to PACE, but is a medical scandal which has taken place in Sweden..
At least things are moving with Macchiarini - now for PACE!!Leonid Schneider•2016-09-02 09:27 PM
The Karolinska University Hospital report contains also some interesting information on why Macchiarini decided to use plastic trachea even if they were unsuitable and lethal: to save time. Patients were mere research objects to him, apparently. And some at the Karolinska saw it similarly. My own coverage here: http://forbetterscience.wordpress.c...tions-outcome-karolinska-university-hospital/
And maybe try to approach the journalists who have covered the Macchiarini-case?At least things are moving with Macchiarini - now for PACE!!
We need to comment on all these Macchiarini articles and mention the other Lancet scandal of 2011 and get more exposure for the PACE scandal.
One thing I spotted reading it this time that I didn't notice first time through is that QUML had argued that releasing the data might be detrimental in getting funding for future trials, but that this was dismissed because they already have funding in place for a further trial. (see page 41, item viii).
Another trial?? This rings alarm bells. Do we know about it, what is it, should we be trying to get it stopped until the PACE data has been re-analysed?
Any clue, anyone?
Description ARUK specific call
Amount £1,000,000 (GBP)
Organisation Arthritis Research UK
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (UK)
Start 05/2016
End 04/2019