A research misconduct investigation of a prominent stem cell lab by the Harvard University–affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston has led to a massive settlement with the U.S. government over allegations of fraudulently obtained federal grants. As Retraction Watch reports, BWH and its parent health care system have agreed to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that former BWH cardiac stem cell scientist Piero Anversa and former lab members Annarosa Leri and Jan Kajstura relied on manipulated and fabricated data in grant applications submitted to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts released today notes that it was BWH itself that shared the allegations against Anversa's lab with the government. The hospital had been conducting its own probe into the Anversa lab since at least 2014, when a retraction published in the journal Circulation revealed the ongoing investigation. The hospital has not yet released any findings.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @08:53PM
Followed the retraction watch link to this:
https://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v35/n4/full/nbt.3857.html [nature.com]
It looks like this field has problems beyond fraud. NHST again?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:08AM (1 child)
This is how you do science fraud - stay low-key and keep stealing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @05:58PM
which is why we should stop ALL science funding. For the amount we spend, we could buy 1-2 more F35 bombers in addition to the 2443 we've already ordered.