Silvia Bulfone-Paus (Germany, UK), an immunologist at the Research Center Borstel and a professor of immunobiology at the University of Manchester, has had 13 of her publications retracted following investigations of scientific misconduct involving image manipulation.The investigating panel described Bridges' conduct as "an egregious misconduct of science that undermines the entire concept and practice of scientific experimentation and ethical responsibility", with NIH later stripping Bridges of his funding. David Bridges (US), a researcher at Purdue University and formerly at Baylor College of Medicine, was found by a NIH investigation panel to have stolen ideas from a rival's manuscript that Bridges had been asked to review, and used that information to produce and publish his own research. As of 2021 Boldt has had 153 of his research publications retracted. Joachim Boldt (Germany), an anesthesiologist formerly based at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, was stripped of his professorship and criminally investigated for forgery in his research studies.Werner Bezwoda (South Africa), formerly of the University of Witwatersrand, admitted to scientific misconduct in trials on high-dose chemotherapy on breast cancer, stating that he had "committed a serious breach of scientific honesty and integrity.".He plagiarized as many as 60 papers in the field of cancer research, many with non-existent co-authors. Elias Alsabti (Iraq, US), was a medical practitioner who posed as a biomedical researcher.
As of 2020 Aggarwal has had 29 of his research papers retracted, ten others have received an expression of concern, and 17 others have been corrected. Distinguished Professor of Cancer Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, resigned his position after fraud was discovered in 65 papers published by him in the area of curcumin as a treatment for cancer. Bharat Aggarwal (US), a former Ransom Horne, Jr.