Medical journal recants 1998 study linking autism to vaccine

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Hi all, I thought I have to share that:

A major British medical journal on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.

“It has become clear that several elements of the 1998 paper by Wakefield ... are incorrect,” the internationally renowned scientific journal said in a statement Tuesday. “We fully retract this paper from the published record.”

Last week, Britain's General Medical Council ruled that Wakefield had shown a “callous disregard” for the children used in his study, acted unethically and had brought the medical profession “into disrepute.”

Wakefield and the two colleagues who have not renounced the study face being stripped of their right to practice medicine in Britain.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1453309/

IIRC, they issued a retraction over a decade ago.

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