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Fri 09 Sep 2009Promoting integrity in science research
Ireland needs more uniform guidelines and education to help prevent scientific misconduct
IN NORWAY, Jon Sudbø made up patient data relating to cancer. In South Korea, Woo-Suk Hwang’s lab faked a breakthrough in therapeutic cloning. At Bell Labs, German physicist Jan Hendrik Schön duplicated results to boost his publication rate, but could not provide the original data when investigators came looking.
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