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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1 Tim. 5:23
Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
That’s good enough for me.
Resveratrol is bogus, but red wine is good for our health!
Now scientists have to go back to the lab to find out why, and if they can develop any good drugs from red wine.
In the meantime, we can all drink to each other’s health! Ziveli!!!
Probably a good thing. There are a heck of a lot more ugly woman than there are Victoria’s Secret supermodels to go around.
How disappointing!
Now I’ll have to do my own research.
What...Why don’t they just cover it up like the universities involved in the Global Warming scam.
Das one should have become a climate scientist.
I nominate him for Dan Rather award.
Hilarious post of the day !!
Prolly me too !
Don’t know about any of you, but for years now I’ve noticed fewer and fewer ‘North American/English’ sounding surnames in the medical field.
Really - for a very long time.
Way before the threat of less compensation raised its head.
What’s up with that?
Wonder why fewer and fewer of ‘Yankee’ sounding names have become doctors . . . ?
It can’t just be the suing threat, can it?
Every time a new medical team opens in my county, there’s those hard-to-pronounce names with origins not here - unless 2nd generation - in maybe 80 percent of the cases.
Including women’s names.
From a variety of other countries, besides India.
And I don’t mean Poland or Italy!
but red wine is good for our health!
Now scientists have to go back to the lab to find out why,...It’s the pasta to go with the wine, actually!
I’ll volunteer for further research, but it will have to be an extensive study using wine from all countries and take several years of travel.
Why don’t such researchers go to jail for fraud?
lol! Well-played.
The Greeks whom researchers study for “Mediterranean diet” health research drink their red wine mainly with pasta-free meals, as do I.
They use plenty of olive oil, though.
What's the price? .50 twice!
Well then, I trust you have another one on hand.
In that case, I did good last night with Carmela's chicken (with canneloni) and a nice Chianti.
Yes, I asked for fava beans but they had none.
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