Two researchers found to have faked data by the U.S. Office of Research Integrity (ORI) have lost a paper that they co-authored.
According to the ORI report issued on May 25, Ricky Malhotra, one of the researchers in question, admitted to fabricating 74 experiments, and falsifying well over 100 Western blots while at the Universities of Michigan (UM) and Chicago (UC). One week later, the ORI issued additional findings about Karen D’Souza, a colleague of Malhotra’s at the UC, concluding that she had also falsified some data.
Both researchers agreed to the retraction of a 2010 paper published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC), the reports note.
Here’s the retraction notice, issued on July 1: Continue reading Second retraction for researcher who faked 70+ experiments