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Nature 446, 136 (8 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446136a; Published online 7 March 2007

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Abderhalden's fraud still wins him some supporters

U. Kutschera1

  1. Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse 40, D-34109 Kassel, Germany

Your Misconduct Special (Nature 445, 240–245; 2007) calls South Korean stem-cell biologist Woo Suk Hwang "arguably the highest-profile fraudster ever". A look into the history of fraud in the biomedical sciences reveals at least one other strong candidate for this title.