Federal panel endorses Baylor fraud claim
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The federal government in the US has decided that data in published articles and grant applications was fraudulently falsified by a former neuroscientist from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. The neuroscientist, Kimon J. Angelides sued Baylor, its investigating committee members and several former students, alleging that they had slandered him and ruined his career. Baylor's attorney, Gerard G. Pecht hopes that the case will make legislators and regulators aware that laws are needed to protect institutions and their investigative committees from such lawsuits.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Espionage verdict prompts call for retraction of polymerase paper
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Agouron Pharmaceuticals of California, a biotechnology company, has been found guilty of stealing research. The methodology to grow the crystal for rat DNA polymerase beta was found to be misappropriated from a former junior laboratory researcher at the University at California at San Diego. The researcher, Huguette Pelletier, is still seeking a retraction of the published paper on the subject, claiming that Agouron scientists cannot support the research published in their paper. Agouron is seeking an appeal against the jury's ruling.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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