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German University Charged with Non-Compliance
Volume 11, No. 3, June 2003
The main research funding agency in Germany, DFG, has accused the University of Gottingen of violating recently adopted standards of ethical behavior by ignoring its request to set up an independent inquiry into allegations of scientific misconduct, according to Nature.
Under DFG rules adopted last summer, institutions must appoint an independent ombudsperson to initiate probes of misconduct allegations. These allegations concern a paper on neurodermatitis that claimed clinical success for a
new immunological treatment for the disorder.
(V. Schettler et al. Kidney and Blood Pressure Research 24, 213-440; 2001)
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