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Top 7 things you should know about inewsource’s REWIRED investigation
inewsource published a two-part investigation last week called REWIRED. The stories detail an experimental brain treatment, a Navy SEAL’s psychotic break and an internal investigation at the University of California San Diego, one of the country’s top research institutions. Since the articles are lengthy, we compiled the top seven takeaways from the investigation for the TL;DR crowd. The only thing ... Read More »
Why UCSD keeps denying a genital mutilation study involving Kenyan girls
A UCSD professor thinks he can end the centuries-old practice of female genital mutilation within the Maasai community by using economic incentives. Read More »
‘Someone will get hurt’: Whistleblower alleges major problems in UCSD’s human research protections program
An anonymous whistleblower is claiming that UC San Diego is not following basic rules meant to protect human research subjects and values grant funding over safety. Read More »
Eye doctors decry risky study on babies in China involving UCSD researchers
Researchers from UCSD were involved in a study performed on babies in China that has been called unethical, risky and misleading. Read More »
UCSD doctor resigns amid questions about undisclosed Chinese businesses
A renowned UCSD eye doctor who is part of China's Thousand Talents Program has resigned amid inewsource's questions about his foreign government affiliations and businesses. Read More »
UCSD has not told women with HIV of data breach, despite researchers’ pleas
The lead researcher pushed to tell 24 women in the project about the breach, but UCSD officials were concerned about the legal consequences. Read More »
Prominent UCSD eye doctor ‘on leave’ after inewsource investigation
UCSD Kang Zhang is “on leave” after an inewsource investigation exposed how the eye doctor put medical research subjects in harm’s way. Read More »
UCSD eye doctor broke human research rules, putting patients at risk
Dr. Kang Zhang is the chief of eye genetics at UCSD with a history of research violations that put patients in harm’s way for years. Read More »
Dangerous human research alleged at San Diego VA; Rep. Peters vows action
Two whistleblowers say dangerous medical research was performed on veterans suffering from alcoholism and liver disease at the San Diego VA. Read More »