Varmus grilled over breach of embryo research ban
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Harold Varmus answered questions from Congress for three hours, refuting charges that NIH intentionally overlooked researcher Mark Hughes's embryo DNA research on the NIH campus. Hughes's lawyers claimed that Varmus's administration never stated that his genetic diagnosis work was prohibited.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
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Fraudbuster ends hunger strike
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) chemist Stewart ended a 33-day hunger strike protesting the NIH's refusal to allow him and Ned Feder to investigate scientific fraud. Their investigation of historian Stephen Oates for plagiarism prompted the NIH's action.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
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Imanishi-Kari ruling slams ORI
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A Health and Human Service (HHS) appeal panel cleared on Jun 21, 1996, Imanishi-Kari of 19 charges of scientific misconduct made against her in 1986. The ruling suggests that the HHS's system for investigating scientific misconduct is in need of reform.
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
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