Famous science fraud detector Sholto David who recently won a $2.6m lawsuit against Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is now cooking up something nasty against Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO).
He and collaborators have detected that at least 10% of the “internal validation” images in TMO’s antibody catalog are completely fraudulent. That was just a quick look and now they’re digging deeper.
News has been percolating for a week and got a minor story in Nature news, but when these nerds set their sights on you there is sure to be something bigger to drop.
Position: Puts on TMO $430 7/17
https://reeserichardson.blog/2026/05/28/how-much-of-thermo-fishers-antibody-data-has-been-manipulated/