: ''Scientists from California have retracted the results of an AIDS experiment, contending that the principal researcher withheld data that contradicted their conclusions. The retraction is being published in Thursday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, which carried the original research in 1985. Officials at the University of California in San Francisco said the researcher, Dr. Raphael B. Stricker, a blood specialist, was dismissed last year after an investigation. "I'd characterize it as a violation of the code of conduct regarding intellectual honesty," said Dr. Karl J. Hittelman, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. A Vigorous Defense But Dr. Stricker denied wrong doing and did not sign the retraction. "What was published as a retraction is a misrepresentation of what happened," he said in an interview today. "The data in the article are correct. There's really no issue of withholding data."The original study appeared to show that some people with AIDS infections produced a unique antibody that attacked the cells that cause blood to form clots. The study said these antibodies could be the culprit that caused dangerously low levels of these crucial blood cells in some infected people.''<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/21/us/results-of-aids-experiment-are-retracted-after-inquiry.html</ref> | : ''Scientists from California have retracted the results of an AIDS experiment, contending that the principal researcher withheld data that contradicted their conclusions. The retraction is being published in Thursday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, which carried the original research in 1985. Officials at the University of California in San Francisco said the researcher, Dr. Raphael B. Stricker, a blood specialist, was dismissed last year after an investigation. "I'd characterize it as a violation of the code of conduct regarding intellectual honesty," said Dr. Karl J. Hittelman, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. A Vigorous Defense But Dr. Stricker denied wrong doing and did not sign the retraction. "What was published as a retraction is a misrepresentation of what happened," he said in an interview today. "The data in the article are correct. There's really no issue of withholding data."The original study appeared to show that some people with AIDS infections produced a unique antibody that attacked the cells that cause blood to form clots. The study said these antibodies could be the culprit that caused dangerously low levels of these crucial blood cells in some infected people.''<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/21/us/results-of-aids-experiment-are-retracted-after-inquiry.html</ref> |