Followup on Wiley's Credentials

A flurry of changes were made to T.S. Wiley's bio page after I posted The Truth About T.S. Wiley's Credentials. Let's take a look at the latest version of Wiley's identity:

The Purported College Degree and Other “Education”

Where it used to say, “Pending B.A. in Anthropology, Webster University, 1975” (and before that, “B.A. in Anthropology, Webster University, St. Louis, 1975”), it now says “Attended the B.A. Program in Anthropology, Webster University, 1970-1975”.

Much better. However...

Wiley now claims the following as “education”:

• 7 year Private Tutorial in molecular biology with Dr. Bent Formby, PH.D. 1996- 2003
• 8 year Private Clinical Tutorial with Dr. Julie Taguchi 1998-2006

I asked Dr. Formby what he thinks of this characterization of his (past) relationship with Wiley. “TS asked me if I was interested in writing a book about low fat diets with her. I said I was not interested. If I ever was going to write a book it would be about chronobiology, endocrine rhythms in synchrony with the seasonal variation in light exposure which fundamentally is a balance of nature that has been programmed into our genome since Day One. Cosmic and cellular clocks work in synchrony in the physiology of every living thing that exists. If she could write, I would provide peer-reviewed literature to support the concepts and explain it to her. It took forever (3 years) because she was extremely illiterate in bioscience. My work with her has nothing to do with being a private tutor. If I was a private tutor I would have charged her $300 per hour.”

The Research Papers

Again, from Dr. Formby: “In hindsight she should never have been on 3 of my papers. According to NIH rules her interest should have been acknowledged. No more. She has never been in my lab to observe how molecular biology experiments are done.”

That hasn't stopped her from pointing at those papers to justify calling herself a "scientist".

Projects

• “Protocol for the study of natural progesterone and its clinical effects on advanced metastic cancer.” with Dr. Bent Formby and Dr. Julie Taguchi 1999 (not reported)

Dr. Formby: “Julie was in charge of procuring patients which never worked. We never managed to get the study funded. The project was canceled.”

It seems to me there's a big difference between a study that's "not reported" and one that didn't even get funded.

• “Randomized, placebo controlled, double blind trial of testosterone in men with elevated age specific PSA and benign prostatic hypertrophy.” with Dr. David Laub and Dr. Julie Taguchi 1999 (unpublished)

Dr. Formby: “Dr. Laub (a local urologist) lost interest in the study and it was canceled.”

Not “unpublished”. Canceled.

• “Natural progesterone for the treatment of multiple forms of cancer.” 1998 (U.S. patent)

According to Dr. Formby, “A patent application was submitted by a local patent lawyer, but later rejected by US Patent and Trademark Office because of overlap with an existing patent.”

This corroborates my search of the patent records, which turned up nothing.

Perhaps they meant to say “U.S. patent application, rejected”?

• "Insulin for Cosmetic Use" 1999 (U.S. patent)

This is the one patent we can confirm that Wiley has in fact been granted. And yet they can't even get it right.

The correct patent title is “Method and compositions for changing the contour of skin” and it was granted in 2002, not 1999. It is patent #6,444,220.

This was part of a scheme at the time to sell a wrinkle cream infused with insulin. Apparently Dr. Formby put a stop to it before anyone was harmed. “[This is] an example how illiterate TS is in bioscience. I told her she could not apply insulin to the face to remove wrinkles because many mature women have benign skin carcinoma. Insulin is a strong growth factor for such cells and might transform them into cancer cells. She never further pursued the idea.”

Had Dr. Formby not spoken up, I have to wonder whether this too would have been marketed and sold to the general public with no clinical trials to determine whether it was hazardous.

• "Multi-Phasic, Rhythmic, Cyclic Dosing, The Wiley Protocol" 2004 (U.S. patent pending)

Both Dr. Formby and I have searched the patent records and patent application records for this and found nothing.

Leaving a comment on a blog post last November, Wiley's husband, Neil Raden, claimed that “T.S. Wiley actually has excellent credentials. She was an actress thirty years ago. She is also a member of the New York Academy of Sciences [which, as Wiley Watch has already pointed out, is meaningless]... and owns a number of patents for the use of hormones in a variety applications, including cancer...”.

Does she really, Mr. Raden? All we have been able to confirm is that your wife has a patent for what sounds like a dangerous product idea. If you (or anyone) can send Wiley Watch the patent/application numbers, we will issue a correction. Until then, I submit that this is just more BS.

(Thank you to Dr. Formby, whose illuminating comments are always greatly appreciated.)