'Unnatural death' of nameless Osaka scientist

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British journal 'Nature' questions very unnatural death of Osaka Univ. scientist
MSN-Mainichi, Sept 23
The British scientific journal Nature has raised questions about the mysterious death of an Osaka University research assistant, who had pointed out that data in a thesis he co-authored may have been falsified.
The thesis was carried in the online edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry in the United States in July. It was withdrawn on Aug. 2 due to doubts over the veracity of some of the data used. The 42-year-old research assistant was found dead in his laboratory in early September after apparently ingesting a poisonous chemical.
In an article in its Sept. 21 issue, the Nature magazine pointed out that Japanese universities are often slow to respond to wrongdoing and fail to ensure transparency....more....

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a very close japanese friend o' mine is also a research asst there (different dept. though.. ) and said that absolutely nothing has been said about it... I had to tell *her*. It is a huge school, but still...

Other things I've had to tell her about that she never knew existed include;

Douglas MacArthur
Nanking
Ravioli


Oh yeah, and she'd never seen any Star Wars movies. Thank god I came along, eh?

[Behan]

Other things I've had to tell her about that she never knew existed include;

Douglas MacArthur
Nanking
Ravioli


Oh yeah, and she'd never seen any Star Wars movies. Thank god I came along, eh?[/QUOTE]

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And she's still alive?:D