FINDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT NIH GUIDE, Volume 24, Number 8, March 3, 1995 P.T. 34 Keywords: Ethics/Values in Science & Technol Grants Administration/Policy+ Department of Health and Human Services 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. INQUIRIES For further information, contact: Director Division of Research Investigations Office of Research Integrity 5515 Security Lane, Suite 700 Rockville, MD 20852 Telephone: (301) 443-5330 .
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