Rasko/Power

John Rasko, physician-scientist / Carl Power, writer-historian
Authors of the book, Flesh Made New.

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

What happens when a physician-scientist and a philosophy nerd get together? Flesh Made New, a book that exposes all the confusions and delusions, tricks, lies, and dirty little secrets of stem cell science. https://t.co/OAz6L112el #stemcells 1/8

[Stem Cells Australia @StemCellsAus]

Check out our paper in Cell Stem Cell. We show 60% of unproven ‘stem cell’ businesses stopped advertising online in response to targeted regulatory action taken in Australia and Canada.
@the_ASSCR @ISSCR @ISCTglobal @AusStemCell @reNEW_Global
https://t.co/RoT7D7e6NX

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

Out Now! Our paper in @CellStemCell showing that Australian and Canadian regulators have reined in businesses selling unproven #StemCell treatments. If they can do it, so can other regulators worldwide! https://t.co/OZWJTxgRy5

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

Finally, #Macchiarini the Musical!!
Sweden’s most famous #StemCell fraudster has inspired an opera, Mythomania, now playing in Gothenburg, https://t.co/gcaAwc08oL. Hope it’s a smash hit and tours!

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

A company profiting from Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells has finally reached a settlement with her family, https://t.co/EflZZfZt9k
#HeLa #HenriettaLacks

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

A company profiting from Henrietta Lacks' immortal cells has finally reached a settlement with her family, https://t.co/EflZZfZt9k
#HeLa #HenriettaLacks

[Rasko Lab @RaskoLab]

Medical research #ethics must always be underpin health discoveries.

When patients are betrayed, the consequences can be deadly. Such is the story highlighted today on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio National. #res…https://t.co/jqXLiVaLZp https://t.co/aHRrDQ2A5L

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

@StuartJRitchie Not to mention alcoholic drinks https://t.co/or1unvBum5

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

@MicrobiomDigest https://t.co/ZjVm1HUsqV

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

@liammannix https://t.co/ZjVm1HUsqV

[Paul Knoepfler @pknoepfler]

Stem cell human embryo models spark interest & drama https://t.co/0o60ZPwazv Macchiarini sentenced to jail again. #stemcells

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

It has been a good week for reflecting on famous cases of #StemCell #Fraud. Check out the NYT story by @Cyranoski
How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself https://t.co/j5fdJORPbY

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

We call on @TheLancet to retract the fraudulent 2008 windpipe paper published by Macchiarini and colleagues - overwhelming evidence and a criminal conviction ➡️➡️➡️
https://t.co/ZjVm1HUsqV
https://t.co/FgAsjP0M3c

Vote by retweeting to right this wrong!

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

Why were Macchiarini’s misdeeds only punished in Sweden? He performed deadly operations right around the world

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

Today we have a #BMJ article on the deadly legacy of #StemCell charlatan Paolo #Macchiarini. He can read it on the way to prison for 2 years 6 months. @CaulfieldTim @pknoepfler @PMurray_65
https://t.co/ZjVm1HUsqV

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

Correction: #Macchiarini isn't heading to the big house just yet. He can appeal again, this time to Sweden’s high court, https://t.co/8Im4dlT7uY

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

It's been a long loooong time coming. Stem cell celebrity charlatan, Paolo Macchiarini, is finally going to prison https://t.co/8Im4dlT7uY

[Rasko/Power @FleshMadeNew]

@RaskoLab @CaulfieldTim @DNA_RNA_Uni @PhilGould15 @LindaMottram @teegstar @OdedRechavi @Globalbiosec @WHO @ISCTglobal Nice work, John, though anyone inclined to believe such silliness won't be swayed by facts