Private investigations.

R Dalton - Nature, 2001 - go.gale.com
R Dalton
Nature, 2001go.gale.com
Four years ago, when Harvard University officials started to investigate allegations of
scientific misconduct against neuroscientist Evan Dreyer, he quickly admitted fabricating
some of his data. But despite this confession, the case only came to a close last November,
when Dreyer agreed to an unusually heavy punishment: a 10-year debarment from
receiving federal research funds.During the investigations, Dreyer moved from Harvard to
the University of Pennsylvania, and won a new federal grant. What's more, a clinical trial of a …
Four years ago, when Harvard University officials started to investigate allegations of scientific misconduct against neuroscientist Evan Dreyer, he quickly admitted fabricating some of his data. But despite this confession, the case only came to a close last November, when Dreyer agreed to an unusually heavy punishment: a 10-year debarment from receiving federal research funds.
During the investigations, Dreyer moved from Harvard to the University of Pennsylvania, and won a new federal grant. What's more, a clinical trial of a drug was initiated that relied, in part, on a further study conducted by Dreyer that was thrown into question as a result of the probe--for which government officials have never found the primary data.
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