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Nature 411, 225-226 (17 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35077271

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Espionage charges threaten to undermine research relations

Laura Bonetta & David Cyranoski

Two Japanese molecular biologists have been charged with espionage in the United States in a move that researchers in Japan say could sour scientific relations between the two countries.The biologists are accused of stealing materials from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) in Ohio and passing them on to the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) in Japan, which is mainly funded by the Japanese government.