From the submitted article that opened this thread:<p>"The Lancet itself said in 2004 that in hindsight it shouldn't have published the paper, following publication of a retraction by 10 co-authors on the paper."<p>The Lancet editor commented on the 2004 retraction that the Lancet needed to change its editorial policies, which I think has happened since.<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC381161/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC381161/</a>