送交者: xj 于 2006-1-17, 17:30:06:
BBC news reported today that a prominent Norwegian cancer researcher fabricated data in a recent paper published in the Lancet: “non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of oral cancer.”
Dr. Jon Sudbo, who has published numerous papers, including two in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, acknowledged his misconduct.
As reported in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet, Dr. Sudbo made up more than one fourth of total patients for his study: 250 of the 908 participants were born in the same day, a probability beats any wild imagination.
The Norwegian Radium Hospital has set up a commission to investigate Dr. Sudbo’s research.
With the stem cell scandal still ringing in our ears, the science community may find it difficult to accept another scandal. It seems that the science community comes into an integrity crisis. Every research institute is looking into itself and engaging in rigorous self-cleansing. Hopefully, the science community will be healthier and more crime-resistant after this blood-shedding disaster.