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forbetterscience.com · 2026-10-12

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Several studies could be the source of this story.

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Several studies could fit.

More than one paper fits the article's details, and none fits well enough to single out. Checking claims against the wrong study would be worse than not checking them at all.

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Claim 1 of 4Not checkedThe University of Ulm reported the author to German police for slander/criminal defamation over statements in a prior article criticizing the university and its handling of former vice-president Klaus-Michael Debatin and Simone Fulda.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 4Not checkedThe author says the university repeatedly failed to acknowledge or properly investigate his notifications of suspected research misconduct about Debatin, Fulda, and related papers, and instead whitewashed the case and protected the people involved.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 4Not checkedThe article says the University of Ulm and related bodies found or acknowledged serious problems in several papers by Fulda and Debatin, including duplicated or manipulated figures, written reprimands, and a one-year DFG submission ban for Fulda.View evidenceHide evidence

As statedmore than 25 publications; seven allegations in five publications; three publications unfounded; one-year ban

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Claim 4 of 4Not checkedThe article highlights multiple specific papers as examples of alleged image duplication or other data problems, including papers on brain tumor apoptosis, neuroblastoma apoptosis, glioblastoma combinations, AML c-KIT ITD, telomerase-dependent virotherapy, B-cell lymphoma, and others.View evidenceHide evidence

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