Research and its Foibles

March 12, 2013 9:42 AM

Doubts about Johns Hopkins research have gone unanswered, scientist says. "In August, Yu-yi Lin, the lead author of the paper, was found dead in his new lab in Taiwan, a puncture mark in his left arm and empty vials of sedatives and muscle relaxants around him, according to local news accounts — an apparent suicide. And within hours of this discovery, a note was sent from Lin’s e-mail account to Yuan. The e-mail, which Yuan saved, essentially blamed him for driving Lin to suicide. Yuan had written to Nature’s editors, saying that the paper’s results were overstated and that he found no evidence that the analyses described had actually been conducted. On the day of his death, Lin, 38, the father of three young daughters, was supposed to have finished writing a response to Yuan’s criticisms. The subject line of the e-mail to Yuan, sent by an unknown person, said 'your happy ending.'".
posted by josher71 (3 comments total)

Again? Man, Hopkins can't catch a break!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 9:45 AM on March 12, 2013

Double.
posted by ryanshepard at 9:45 AM on March 12, 2013

I think I'd heard about this somewhere before...
posted by nushustu at 9:45 AM on March 12, 2013