In our very first post, we noted the case of Anil Potti, a Duke researcher who posed as a Rhodes Scholar and appears to have invented key statistical analyses in a study of how breast cancer responds to chemotherapy[.The case] has sent ripples of angst through the cancer community. Potti’s antics prompted editors of The … Continue reading A retraction in the Potti case?
A lawsuit filed in October 2011 against Duke University and Anil Potti, who has retracted 11 papers and corrected a number of others amidst investigation into his work, has been settled, Retraction Watch has learned. Potti resigned from Duke in 2010 following questions about his work, and revelations that he had lied on grant applications … Continue reading Malpractice case against Duke, Anil Potti settled
Anil Potti, the oncologist who has been forced to retract four papers because of results that could not be reproduced, and resigned last fall from Duke, has a new job. He’s joined the Coastal Cancer Center, an oncology practice with four offices in South Carolina and one in North Carolina. The Duke Fact Checker was … Continue reading Anil Potti resurfaces at South Carolina cancer center