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Editorial
Nature 439, 117-118 (12 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/439117a; Published online 11 January 2006
Ethics and fraud
Abstract
The trajectory of the Hwang scandal highlights the shortness of the path between unethical behaviour and outright misconduct.
The fall of Woo Suk Hwang represents perhaps the highest-profile case in the sorry history of research misconduct. The sheer Shakespearian drama of the Korean cell biologist's eclipse, surrounded by fawning courtiers and plotting groups of acolytes and enemies and in full view of the television cameras, has left few researchers of any discipline, anywhere in the world, unaware of its circumstances.
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