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Nature 417, 576 (6 June 2002) | doi:10.1038/417576b

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Chinese researcher accused of stealing cell samples

Rex Dalton

A Chinese-born scientist has been held in a Californian jail for nearly three weeks, after being arrested for allegedly stealing materials and methods used to grow corneal cells which, police files claim, he intended to export to China.Veterinary researcher Bin Han was jailed on 17 May after police searched his home and found records of stem-cell experiments and serum samples allegedly misappropriated from the University of California, Davis, where he is employed.