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Federal prosecutors file charges against a scientist who falsified data
Posted on 6/26/14 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 6/26/14 at 2:20 pm
Hopefully a shot across warmists' bow!
quote:
Researcher Charged in Major HIV Vaccine Fraud Case
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jun 24, 2014, 5:09 PM ET
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press
Associated Press - Responding to a major case of research misconduct, federal prosecutors have taken the rare step of filing charges against a scientist after he admitted falsifying data that led to millions in grants and hopes of a breakthrough in AIDS vaccine research.
Investigators say former Iowa State University laboratory manager Dong-Pyou Han has confessed to spiking samples of rabbit blood with human antibodies to make an experimental HIV vaccine appear to have great promise. After years of work and millions in National Institutes of Health grants, another laboratory uncovered irregularities that suggested the results — once hailed as groundbreaking — were bogus.
Han was indicted last week on four counts of making false statements, each of which carries up to five years in prison. He was set to be arraigned Tuesday in Des Moines, but he didn't show up due to an apparent paperwork mix-up. A prosecutor said Han will be given another chance to appear next week.
Han, 57, didn't return a message left at his home in Cleveland, where he's been living since resigning from the university last fall. A native of South Korea, he surrendered his passport following his arrest and initial court appearance in Ohio last week.
Experts said the fraud was extraordinary and that charges are rarely brought in such cases. The National Institutes of Health said it's reviewing what impact the case has had on the research it funds.
"It's an important case because it is extremely rare for scientists found to have committed fraud to be held accountable by the actual criminal justice system," said Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, which tracks research misconduct.
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Posted on 6/26/14 at 2:24 pm to NC_Tigah
Disappoint. Was hoping it was a climate scientist.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 2:25 pm to kingbob
I think this could certainly be a deterrant. A conservative doj could certainly bring charges against the global warming liars for falsifying so much.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 2:31 pm to dante
quote:Yep.
Disappoint. Was hoping it was a climate scientist.
Not yet, and certainly not this DOJ.
But hopefully it will at least give pseudoscience some pause.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 3:26 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:UN-possible!!
falsifying data that led to millions in grants
We all know that government funded research is pure and immune from any nefarious intentions of grant recipients.
I bet there is a racist-bigot-homophobe-sexist Tea Party member at fault here.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 3:42 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:
A conservative doj could certainly bring charges against the global warming liars for falsifying
I could fap to this.
If you lie to get money and use the internet or snail mail you definitely open yourself up to federal wire and mail fraud charges.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 3:55 pm to imjustafatkid
quote:And a Cruz DOJ could bring charges against anyone who says the Earth is more than 6,000 years old.
I think this could certainly be a deterrant. A conservative doj could certainly bring charges against the global warming liars for falsifying so much.
Posted on 6/26/14 at 4:02 pm to NC_Tigah
quote:
Hopefully a shot across warmists' bow!
Hardly.
Obama mocks Republicans as he pushes economics of climate change
Posted on 6/26/14 at 4:04 pm to NC_Tigah
I'm pro-science, and I'm totally fine with this.
People who falsify data - especially when it comes to medical research - ought to be investigated, at the very least.
People who falsify data - especially when it comes to medical research - ought to be investigated, at the very least.
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