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Posted on 01/11/2012 8:07:55 PM PST by ColdOne
HARTFORD, Conn. – A University of Connecticut researcher known for his work on red wine's benefits to cardiovascular health falsified his data in more than 100 instances, university officials said Wednesday.
UConn officials said nearly a dozen scientific journals are being warned of the potential problems after publishing his studies in recent years.
The researcher, Dr. Dipak Das, did some studies of resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine that has shown potential for promoting health.
But Dr. Nir Barzilai, whose research team conducts resveratrol research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, told The Associated Press that Das is not a major figure in the field. The new allegations will not make a material difference to resveratrol research, which is being conducted extensively around the world with encouraging results from many labs, Barzilai said.
Enthusiasm in the potential health benefits from red wine grew after a widely reported study in 2006 in which obese mice lived longer, healthier lives after getting resveratrol. Das was not involved in that research.
UConn officials said their internal review found 145 instances over seven years in which Das fabricated, falsified and manipulated data, and the U.S. Office of Research Integrity has launched an independent investigation of his work.
It wasn't immediately known Wednesday whether the irregularities in Das' research were significant enough to alter the conclusions.
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Das could not immediately be reached Wednesday, and messages were left for him through the union representing him.
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For the rest of you, *PING*.
Cheers!
The moral of the story? Drink beer it tastes better and contains no resveratrol at all.
UB40 ain’t gonna like this.
Resveratrol is what’s good for you.
>Drink beer it tastes better and contains no resveratrol at all.<
And turns ugly women into Victoria’s Secret supermodels in a couple..
Well he may have falsified data but he is right on the health benefits. /s
He’s just one of dozens, if not hundreds, of researchers pretty much getting all the same result - which is that red wine is about the healthiest drink possible for a human (with the possible exception of water). He just was lazy.
As to why it works - well, why should we be able to figure that out, we only spend $2.6T per year on medicine and employ 40,000,000 people in the field?
Or regretfully unethical in his ambitiousness. I fear that this is rampant in biomedical research these days. It's not much different than blood doping etc. in the Tour de France, or steroids in baseball and football. Publish something ‘cool’ and get attention, funding, and perhaps a leadership position. Sad.
Have you heard? What’s the word? It’s Thunderbird!
>> Das was not involved in that research.
Das ist nicht zehr gut.
Great call!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoI1QKI1KY
“”Red, red wine
Goes to my head
Makes me forget that I
Still need her so
Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do I`ve done
memories won`t go
memories won`t go
I just thought that with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong, now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don`t let me be in love
It`s tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart
I just thought that with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong now I find
Just one thing makes me forget
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don’t let me be in love
It’s tearin’ apart
My blue, blue heart””
In his defense, he was drunk at the time.
I wouldn’t be here today if not for fortified wine. Case closed.
In Vino Veritas
collectibles...
Cheers!
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