{
  "id": 3780999,
  "title": "STAT+: Former Stanford president releases emails to rebut fraud and cover-up allegations in new book",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/stat-former-stanford-president-releases-emails-to-rebut-fraud-and",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T17:27:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "STAT News",
    "slug": "stat-news",
    "url": "https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/27/marc-tessier-lavigne-responds-theo-baker-book-misconduct-stanford-genentech/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne has released a 3,000-word response to a book by former Stanford Daily reporter Theo Baker, which alleges that he published fraudulent research results and orchestrated a cover-up. The allegations gained renewed attention in 2023 with the publication of Baker's book, \"How to Rule the World,\" in which Tessier-Lavigne is portrayed as a case study in Silicon Valley's culture of shortcuts. The controversy centers on a 2009 Nature paper on neurodegeneration that Tessier-Lavigne co-authored while at biotech firm Genentech. In his response, which he posted alongside emails from former colleagues, Tessier-Lavigne aims to defend the study published in Nature.",
  "summary": "Marc Tessier-Lavigne released new details from his research and travel in an attempt to refute allegations in a new book that he published fraudulent results.",
  "key_points": [
    "Former Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne releases 3,000-word response to Theo Baker's book.",
    "Emails from former colleagues provided to defend Nature paper on neurodegeneration."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}