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| Postcard from US agricultural college, Storrs Connecticut, later named University of Connecticut at Storrs, circa 1903. |
It gained attention for research into the beneficial properties of resveratrol, a compound found in the skin of red grapes, thought to be the active ingredient in red wine that helps protect against heart disease.
An indian researcher Dr. Dipak K. Das known for his work on the health benefits of red wine is being accused of falsifying loads of data and will be fired from his tenured position.
The University of Connecticut is notifying 11 scientific journals that have published Das's studies after its investigation concluded, in a 60,000-page report, that he fabricated or falsified data on 145 occasions over seven years.
The Das´s researchers, who studied the link between aging and a substance found in red wine, has committed more than 100 acts of data fabrication and falsification, the university said on Jan. 11, 2012 - throwing much of his work into doubt.
The University of Connecticut said it launched the probe after receiving an anonymous complaint in 2008 of research irregularities. AlsoYank University officials said nearly a dozen scientific journals are being warned of the potential problems after publishing his studies in recent years.
The university said it has frozen all externally funded research in his lab and declined $890,000 in federal grants awarded to him. It has also begun dismissal proceedings.
Disclaimer:
We have in Eastern Finland University, I hope that I can tell that freely, gone through a similar of our own case with the tobacco industry.
When the suspected frauds were discovered, after-arguments by researcher, sounds like same kind now.
Disclaimer2:
Definition of conceit from the potential health benefits from red wine grew after a widely reported study in 2006 in which obese mice lived longer, healthier lives after getting resveratrol. An indian researcher Dr Das was not involved in that research.
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