Macchiarini Guilty of Misconduct, But Whistleblowers Share Blame, New Karolinska Institute Verdict Finds
June 27, 2018
(Science Magazine) – The Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm has finally, officially, found disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini guilty of scientific misconduct. Macchiarini was widely hailed as a pioneer in regenerative medicine for his technique of implanting artificial tracheae seeded with a patient’s own stem cells into patients, but KI fired him in 2016 amid allegations of fraud and other types of misconduct. However, the verdict is a bitter pill for the four people who raised the alarm about Macchiarini’s fraud.