Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.10.2000

Findings of Scientific Misconduct

Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the Assistant Secretary for Health have taken final action in the following case: Randall P. French, Ph.D., Fox Chase Cancer Center: Based on the report of an investigation conducted by the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) and additional analysis conducted by ORI in its oversight review, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) finds that Dr. French, postdoctoral associate, FCCC, engaged in scientific misconduct by fabricating published research supported by National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), grants T32 CA09035 and P30 CA06927. Specifically, Dr. French fabricated research results published in Developmental Biology 217:62-76, 2000, by falsely claiming in the text and Table 1 that he had assayed mouse embryos transgenic for a modified DNA construct (cG5/lacZ-F) for a study on the expression of cGATA-5 transcription factor during heart development in mice. An erratum replacing the fabricated data was published by the authors in Developmental Biology 223:463, 2000. Dr. French has accepted the PHS finding and has entered into a Voluntary Exclusion Agreement with PHS in which he has volunt