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Nature 438, 7 (3 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438007a; Published online 2 November 2005

Universities scramble to assess scope of falsified results

Rex Dalton

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MIT immunologist sacked for scientific misconduct.

Biologists are rushing to quantify the fallout from a case of scientific misconduct unmasked last week. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) confirmed on 27 October that it had fired immunologist Luk Van Parijs for fabricating and falsifying data.