PubPeer's vigilance has led to confirmed retractions in early 2026, including two Nature Immunology papers (2001-2002) by Andrea Cerutti and Paolo Casali for image duplication flagged since 2016, a Nature paper from Francis Crick Institute for PhD student data manipulation, and the largest leucovorin-autism trial in European Journal of Pediatrics due to data inconsistencies flagged on PubPeer. New developments feature a Nigerian chemist nearing 35 retractions for image duplication, OSU heart researcher facing remedial training post-misconduct finding with PubPeer involvement, and fresh PubPeer scrutiny on OIST's Paola Laurino across seven papers. Ongoing probes include Taylor & Francis review of COVID vaccine DNA contamination paper and Sonia Melo's lawsuit against MD Anderson; Bishop's Feb 2026 analysis confirms PubPeer preceded 58% of highly-cited retractions (2021-2025). Sholto David's $2.63M settlement against MD Anderson highlights sleuth accountability.
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