Dr. Amil Potti has resigned from Duke. The clinical trials based on his (faked) research have been stopped. Duke has not exactly covered itself with glory. The two statisticians who first noticed a problem:
In November 2009, we identified and reported the exact problems now cited for retracting the paper…. Given that Duke knew of these problems, why were (Potti’s) clinical trials reopened in January 2010?”
And:
Experts say that Nevins [“who supported his collaborator Potti through four years of controversy over reliability of their findings”] has admitted that the clinical trials that followed the laboratory research — more accurately described as experiments with human beings — harmed patients. Up until this moment, Duke has steadfastly denied this; and in a Halloween statement, Duke affirmed “we do not believe that patients were endangered.”
Recall that the case against Potti attracted notice only when it was discovered he wrongly said he had won a Rhodes Fellowship. Giving new meaning to the devil is in the details.Â
Think of all the economists who wrongly claim to have won a Nobel Prize.