Research-integrity sleuths say their work is being ‘twisted’ to undermine science Some sleuths fear that the business of cleaning up flawed studies is being weaponized against science itself.

“I really feel as if the administration is engaged in reverse alchemy, and it’s turning America’s scientific gold into lead,” says David Sanders, a sleuth and biologist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am the only Indiana State District-23 candidate with both experience and independence — I am not a stand-in for either a former governor or a current lieutenant governor. I am the only candidate who respects other people’s family, marriage, and childbearing decisions.

I am the only Indiana Senate-District23 candidate who has a history of working with a broad coalition & achieving results. Empowering the public to express their concerns is democracy in action,& as state senator,I will continue to encourage such mobilization of the community to promote its welfare.

I will continue to oppose the corporate welfare that uses our taxpayer money to bribe companies to site data centers, semiconductor plants, and carbon-dioxide storage in communities that do not want them. I will continue to fight for clean water and against large-scale transfers of water.

I was speaking at a public forum about the Indiana Senate District 23 campaign for which I am the Democratic candidate. The advertisements being run by the Republican candidates are the ugliest side of politics.

I am honored to be in this group. Bringing science into public policy has always been one of my major objectives. I have been an advocate for basic science and vaccines for decades. Please consider supporting my campaign.
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WL Councilor Sanders says Purdue students should care about gerrymandering At a West Lafayette press conference, the District 23 candidate called for a nonpartisan redistricting commission and said partisan map drawing has weakened voter participation in Indiana.

Sanders supports a nonpartisan redistricting commission,longer voting hours, & broader access to candidate information.“In our current system, voters do not select their Representatives, Representatives select their voters.”
www.purdueexponent.org/campus/event...

Indiana State Senate District23 candidate & West Lafayette City Councilor David Sanders will discuss gerrymandering &partisan redistricting in the State of Indiana. He will propose concrete solutions to these challenges as well as other obstacles to full voter participation in the electoral process.

DAVID SANDERS FOR INDIANA STATE SENATE--DISTRICT 23

Please visit my campaign account www.instagram.com/davidfordist...
PRESS CONFERENCE: 4:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2026, WEST LAFAYETTE PUBLIC LIBRARYSTATE SENATE CANDIDATE—DISTRICT 23 DAVID SANDERS
SUBJECT: GERRYMANDERING, REDISTRICTING, AND VOTER PARTICIPATION

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Town Hall Gives Indiana House Candidates Chance to Address Voters Ahead of Primary Election LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI)-- With less than two months until Indiana’s primary election on May 5, several candidates for the Indiana House of Representatives gathered Thursday night in Lafayette to answer

several candidates for the Indiana House of Representatives gathered in Lafayette to answer questions from the community.

The town hall, hosted by We The People: Indiana Revival,
was moderated by Purdue professor & West Lafayette City Councilor-at-Large David Sanders.
www.wlfi.com/news/town-ha...

Measles Cases and Outbreaks Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.

The number of measles cases in the past year in the United States has surpassed the total number of cases in 2014-2024 including the spike in 2019. It is the largest number of cases in a one-year period since 1991-1992.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

US science budgets have been spared. So why is no one celebrating? The Trump administration’s proposals to eviscerate the NIH and NSF have been overturned in Congress after a year of cancelled programmes and legal wrangling. Yet as funding continues only to dribble o...

“Sometimes the public only becomes aware of how valuable public health&our research infrastructure is when there are bad things happening.I never hope for those bad things to happen…but that complacency will cause people to realise the benefits of these.”
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/us-sci...

"These are just some examples of the immediate consequences of anti-vaccine rhetoric and the widescale cuts to science funding in the early months of the second Trump administration, according to David Sanders, an associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University."

The photo displays Edward Jenner, vaccination pioneer, with a virologist and vaccination advocate.

In the first 7 weeks of 2026, in the United States we have already surpassed the total number of measles cases for all of 2020-2024.
The photo displays Edward Jenner, vaccination pioneer, with a virologist and vaccination advocate.

RETRACTED: Downregulation of miR‐218 by nicotine promotes cell proliferation through targeting CDK6 in non–small cell lung cancer 1. Nicotine can promote non–small cell lung cancer cell proliferation trough regulating the miR-218/CDK6 axis. 2. The miR-218/CDK6 axis may be a potential therapeutic target for non–small cell lu...

I was never notified about this retraction that I had sought,but I found it recently. @ScienceMagazine also didn't notify me about retraction of the arsenic-bacteria rubbish article that I had sought for years from them, but then I was notified by other media. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"Erroneous data, distorted data, inconclusive data, contamination. Game over. No need for further research or articles. The article was clearly flawed and should never have been published. It should now be retracted."

Here is a Google translation of one section.
"The debate began the day after the publication of Redfield and Erb's articles, when biochemist David Sanders, in a post published on "Retraction Watch," called for the article's retraction:

Arsenic et bonnes pratiques – à propos de l’intégrité de la science - AOC media De la conférence de presse de la NASA en 2010 à la rétractation prononcée par la prestigieuse revue Science en 2025, l’itinéraire d’un article scientifique prétendant bouleverser notre connaissance de...

An article in French describes the history that led to the retraction of the arsenic-bacteria rubbish paper in Science and my role in that outcome.
aoc.media/analyse/2026...

King was a stentorian voice for nonviolence. His opposition to violence applied equally to government actions, emanating from law enforcement or military interventions & to resistance to injustice. Nonviolence didn't equate, in the fight for justice, to passivity.
www.jconline.com/story/opinio...

Congratulations!

Scientific sleuthing: a better evening in than watching Netflix? The £2 million recently awarded to a whistleblower by a US court is a rare reward for the volunteers who trawl the scientific literature for error and fraud. Yet their numbers continue to grow. So wha...

"Croce sued Sanders for libel after the latter’s investigation was used as the basis for a front-page New York Times story, but Sanders won the case." www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/scient...

"Similar ad hominem attacks were levelled against Purdue University's David Sanders after he called out suspicious images in the work of internationally acclaimed cancer scientist Carlo Croce, leading to numerous retractions & Croce’s removal as departmental chair."

I found your article on the H3N2 influenza variant to be very helpful.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Potential artificial intelligence competency will cause harm In this letter to the editor David Sanders, West Lafayette city councilor and a Purdue professor in the department of biological sciences, discusses the potential new artificial intelligence requireme...

Purdue Board of Trustees is likely considering adding an artificial intelligence “competency” standard required for graduation. a foolish idea,so it is probable that trustees will adopt it. artificial intelligence is an incredibly energy wasteful technology
www.purdueexponent.org/opinion/lett...

Great to have seen you there. Thrilling performance of the cantata.

Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe Workshop Report | Astrobiology The potential discovery of life beyond Earth presents unique communication challenges for astrobiology. These include ambiguous data, public misconceptions, and the dynamics of social media platforms. Building on National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s 2021 Standards of Evidence (SoE) workshop, a diverse group of experts—scientists, science journalists, content creators, and scholars—were convened during February and March of 2024 for the Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the Universe workshop. This report summarizes structured discussions focused on how to responsibly share findings with different public audiences. Key themes that emerged from the workshop included the following: communicating uncertainty, reaching consensus, and building trust between the scientific community and the public. Such efforts will involve navigating the rapidly evolving landscapes of social media and academic (peer-reviewed) journal publishing. Workshop participants emphasized the need for proactive communication, early-career training in science communication, and interdisciplinary partnerships, all of which can foster sound public understandings of astrobiology research and its myriad of practices, mitigate misinformation, and sustain ongoing support for the search for life. In brief, this report includes the workshop rationale and structure, insights gleaned from past case studies and hypothetical future scenarios, common themes that emerged from the breakout groups, a discussion of the relationship of workshop outcomes to SoE, and guidance for individuals, agencies, and institutions. Key Words: Astrobiology—Science communication—Biosignature detection. Astrobiology xx, xxx–xxx.

Continued refusal of NASA, Arizona State U. & others to admit that the retracted #arseniclife article was bad science. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/... Article claims that "past controversial scientific revelations" include "arsenic-based life discoveries." It was not a "revelation" nor a "discovery."

Not as long as reviewers are unpaid laborers.

“This is the time to abolish the IEDC. It cannot be repaired. … But we need to make our voice louder to say we don’t want anything from the IEDC. We want the IEDC abolished.” www.indystar.com/story/news/i...

&recent reporting about deals that netted companies under officials with ties to the IEDC – including the current head of Purdue Research Foundation, Chad Pittman – contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.
“We need to reassess our relationship with the IEDC,” Sanders said.

He said dealing with issues stemming from the IEDC had been like game of whack-a-mole. He listed the agency’s past attempts to pump&take millions of gallons of water from western Tippecanoe County to feed LEAP District near Lebanon,a state audit that revealed lax oversight&questionable spending