Studies that play on our biologically-hardwired fears of contagion, contamination, and infection are hard to shake.

A paper on a way to inhibit arthritis has been retracted following an investigation confirming that it plagiarizes a figure from another paper on the same topic. The paper, “Blockade of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme inhibits experimental collagenase-induced osteoarthritis,” was published in Molecular Medicine Reports.

Peer review is "often insulting, usually ignorant, occasionally foolish, and frequently wrong." Here's how to fix it.