On 2017 Oct 31, Morten Oksvold commented:

Time is overdue to retract this article now. The central ethical review board in Sweden found research misconduct in six articles by Macchiarini, including this one. What more do you need Lancet?

Please see the report from the central ethical review board in Sweden: http://www.epn.se/media/2516/pressmeddelande-o-12-2016eng.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2HqPi4t2RbYzZweVRieVVMajhJQUM0cmFMekwyRVJTUFVr/view

This information was provided by Leonid Schneider (forbetterscience.com).

On 2017 Jan 31, Morten Oksvold commented:

With an expression of concern since April 2016, concerns from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences regarding the patient handling, a declaration from the Swedish Research Council that the authors failed to apply for the legally required ethics permit to perform this operation, and three co-authors who no longer wish to be associated with this paper, and no further action, I am astonished by the editorial policy in Lancet.

On 2016 Sep 10, Md. Shahidul Islam commented:

The readers may wish to know information released by the Karolinska Instutute where the works reported in this paper were performed. Click here

On 2016 Mar 05, Andrey Alexeyenko commented:

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On 2016 Feb 27, K Lee commented:

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On 2016 Feb 27, K Lee commented:

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On 2016 Mar 05, Andrey Alexeyenko commented:

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On 2016 Sep 10, Md. Shahidul Islam commented:

The readers may wish to know information released by the Karolinska Instutute where the works reported in this paper were performed. Click here

On 2017 Jan 31, Morten Oksvold commented:

With an expression of concern since April 2016, concerns from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences regarding the patient handling, a declaration from the Swedish Research Council that the authors failed to apply for the legally required ethics permit to perform this operation, and three co-authors who no longer wish to be associated with this paper, and no further action, I am astonished by the editorial policy in Lancet.

On 2017 Oct 31, Morten Oksvold commented:

Time is overdue to retract this article now. The central ethical review board in Sweden found research misconduct in six articles by Macchiarini, including this one. What more do you need Lancet?

Please see the report from the central ethical review board in Sweden: http://www.epn.se/media/2516/pressmeddelande-o-12-2016eng.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By2HqPi4t2RbYzZweVRieVVMajhJQUM0cmFMekwyRVJTUFVr/view

This information was provided by Leonid Schneider (forbetterscience.com).