Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 07/10/1997

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has made a final finding of scientific misconduct in the following case: Xiaomin Shang, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Based upon a report from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, information obtained by the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) during its oversight review, and Dr. Shang's own admission, ORI found that Dr. Shang, a former postdoctoral fellow student in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, engaged in scientific misconduct arising out of certain biomedical research supported by a training grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Specifically, Dr. Shang fabricated a chemiluminescent film of a Western blot by using a physical mask to alter the prior results showing lack of antibody specificity to a human steroid metabolizing isozyme, rather than replicating an experiment as requested by his mentor. The fabricated data were not published. Dr. Shang has accepted the ORI finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with