Urging Both Scientists and Journalists to Do More Thorough Research Into Vaccines and Autism ATLANTA, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, an article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), written by a freelance newspaper reporter, Brian Deer, created a media firestorm in the United States. In his article, Brian Deer accuses Dr. Andrew Wakefield of deliberate fraud regarding his 1998 case series, which was published in the British journal, The Lancet. Dr. Wakefield reported that the children in his case series were suffering from a novel form of bowel disease and that parents reported a temporal link between the onset of symptoms and receipt of the MMR vaccine. Contrary to what has been reported in the media over the years, Dr. Wakefield never stated that the MMR vaccine c...
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Tom and Patsy Morris wanted what was best for their son, Nikolas, who was facing a battery of critical immunizations. Like most parents, the Morrises relied on information from the Web to assess risks associated with vaccinating children. After being alarmed by Internet statements and news accounts like those based on Andrew Wakefield's false claim that vaccines cause autism, they decided against completing Nikolas' pertussis vaccination. A year later, he nearly died from whooping cough. Nikolas survived, but many children are not so lucky. Millions of Americans each year are victims of a misinformation campaign I call "tabloid medicine." Mr. Wakefield is discredited, but his approach, enabled by uncertainty and the media's willingness to believe conspiracy theories, lives on. The Inter...
As the proud grandfa- ther of three beautiful grand- daughters, I have closely followed news stories about autism, a developmental disability in children that seems to have reached epidemic proportions in recent years. The claim that there is a connection between the vaccination of children and the onset of autism has troubled me, as it has my sons and their wives, the mothers of my grandkids - 7-year-old Riley, 5-year-old Kate, and Cameron, age 7 months. I've read the news stories about British researcher Andrew Wakefield, who claims to have found a connection between autism and the vaccine used to immunize children from measles, mumps and rubella. The MMR vaccine, as it is often called, typically is given to children when they are 12 to 15 months old. This is the age when the frighten...
FOR years, parents skeptical of the recommended immunization schedule for children had a ready source for their worry: a 1988 British study that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine with autism, the mysterious, highly variable communication disorder that has no established cause or cure. Its release was followed by a public-relations blitz by lead researcher Andrew Wakefield, who declared the risk of vaccination as "immoral." He has since been stripped of his medical license.
This week, more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the movement that childhood vaccines cause autism as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data. But will it make a difference? Some analysts believe the latest news will finally destroy the reputation of researcher Andrew Wakefield and put an end to the claim of scientific underpinnings for the anti-vaccine movement.
LONDON -- The doctor whose research linking autism and the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella influenced millions of parents to refuse the shot for their children was banned Monday from practicing medicine in his native Britain. Dr. Andrew Wakefield's 1998 study was discredited -- but vaccination rates have never fully recovered and he continues to enjoy a vocal following, helped in the U.S. by endorsements from celebrities like Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy
Last year, scientists at Advanced Cell Technologies published a paper in Nature demonstrating proof of the principle that embryonic stem cell lines could be propagated by removing just one cell from a blastocyst. The link between the MMR vaccine and autism that Andrew Wakefield suggested, and Hwang Woo-Suk's claim that he cloned human embryos attracted investigative journalists, producing revelations that contributed to the repudiation of both researchers' work.
The acquisition marks the second time Cabot has owned the buildings; Cabot bought the portfolio in 1998 and sold the properties in 2002 as part of a 46-building portfolio trade to CalEast Industrial Investors, according to Cushman & Wakefield and an SEC filing. The buildings then sold within a 15-property, $123 million portfolio sale to TIAA-CREF in December 2003, said Real Capital Analytics. The portfolio, which spans 53.4 acres, comprises three warehouse buildings constructed between 1983 and 1990, and are each fully leased to a single tenant, according to Cushman & Wakefield, which brokered the deal: * South Brunswick's 329-333 Herrod Blvd. and its 418,213 square feet are home to apparel company Wicked Fashions. * Staples is the tenant at 21 S. Middlesex Ave., a 204,369-squar...
... requires capital improvements, said Andrew Merin, vice chairman of Cushman & Wakefield's Metr...
SALT LAKE CITY -- A 1998 study that first linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism is now labeled a "fraud," according a new report in a British medical journal. In February 2010, the study led by Dr. Andrew Wakefield was renounced by 10 of its 13 authors, as well as the medical journal Lancet, where it was published. On Thursday, a new report by British journalist Brian Deer found that Wakefield essentially made up the data on the 12 children who were the focus of that study for financial gain.
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