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Looking at science fraud through rose-colored glasses?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

An article by MICHELLE CHEN in Newsday doesn't quite get things right on science fraud.

In the text:

But Hwang's work, despite bioethical shadiness, also left behind an unintentional legacy: last fall, Harvard research scientists concluded that Hwang's team had stumbled upon a method of parthenogenesis--the creation of an embryo from an egg without fertilization by a sperm--which could also have implications for future medical research.

she repeats the falsity that Harvard identified the parthenogenesis angle. In fact, SNU did.

See

Wade mucks up Hwang parthenogenesis story

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2007/08/hwangs-first-paper-in-science.html

Of the text on Schon --But his wiz-kid status instantly fizzled when an investigation uncovered that his research findings were marred with falsified data and scientific misconduct.--, people had suspected fraud by Schon well BEFORE the Beasley report.

Of Imanishi-Kari, she wasn't exactly "cleared." There was insufficient evidence to demonstrate fraud. There were in fact a lot of problems with the paper in Cell.

Full post as published by IPBiz on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).