Icon Books Doctored Fraud, Arrogance and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimers.

by Charles Piller

Doctored Fraud, Arrogance and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimers ABISBOOK Icon Books.

Genres: Science

352 pages, Hardcover

Published February 13, 2025

Reviews

[kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had the audio book which is not ideal for a non fiction read as I would really like to read back some parts.

I can appreciate the difficulties in dealing with replicating experiments and the convenience and temptations sometimes to doctor some data to serve the arguments. This is even more common in a business world. In this case, we are dealing with science and progress of ridding of ailments, so this is a line that is hard to cross. The book never explained sufficiently why people ended up “cheating” - maybe mostly through modeling by examples of their mentors of leaders. A broader view is that as someone who deals with data (who does not these days ?), ultimately our choices to tweak data no matter how minor may have significant consequences.

[Vonprice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well researched and shocking expose of fraud in the field of clinical research, especially in the Alzheimer’s research community. Has made me question what needs to be added to the critical appraisal of literature that I teach as a hospital librarian.

[Skdecker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Important and scary. A careful and well-researched journey into fraud and error in Alzheimer's research.