[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9031-9032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3901]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Findings of Scientific Misconduct

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research Integrity 
(ORI) has made final findings of scientific misconduct in the following 
case:
    Aaron Apte, Stanford University: The Division of Research 
Investigations of the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), reviewed an 
investigation conducted by Stanford University into possible scientific 
misconduct on the part of Mr. Aaron Apte, a former technician in the 
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. Mr. Apte and his research were 
supported by U.S. Public Health Service grants. ORI concluded that Mr. 
Apte fabricated data for research, by cutting from a former coworker's 
notebook a scintillation counter printout, pasting it into his own 
notebook, and representing it as his own results from a different 
experiment on the binding of angiotensin to transfected cells. Mr. Apte 
has been debarred from eligibility for and involvement in grants as 
well as other assistance awards and contracts from the Federal 
Government for a period of three years. The fabricated research did not 
appear in any publications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Director, Division of Research 
Investigations, Office of Research Integrity, 301-443-5330.
Lyle W. Bivens, Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
[FR Doc. 95-3901 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am]
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