Lancet MMR autism fraud
Fraudulent research claiming a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lancet MMR autism fraud centered on the publication in February 1998 of a fraudulent research paper titled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" in The Lancet.[1] The paper, authored by now discredited and deregistered Andrew Wakefield, and twelve coauthors, falsely claimed causative links between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and colitis and between colitis and autism. The fraud was exposed in a lengthy Sunday Times investigation[2][3][4][5] by reporter Brian Deer,[6][7][8] resulting in the paper's retraction in February 2010[9] and Wakefield being struck off the UK medical register three months later. Wakefield reportedly stood to earn up to US$43 million per year selling diagnostic kits for a non-existent syndrome he claimed to have discovered.[10] He also held a patent to a rival vaccine at the time, and he had been employed by a lawyer representing parents in lawsuits against vaccine producers.
Claims | Research linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination with autism |
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Original proponents | Andrew Wakefield |
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The scientific consensus on vaccines and autism is that there is no causal connection between MMR, or any other vaccine, and autism.