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Article: Case Against AIDS Scientist Dropped; Agency Decides Evidence Insufficient to Sustain Gallo Charges
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- The Washington Post
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- November 13, 1993
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The federal government yesterday dropped its charges of scientific
misconduct against Robert C. Gallo, ending a long and acrimonious
inquiry into the work of the co-discoverer of the AIDS virus.
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the Department of Health
and Human Services said it would have been "extraordinarily
difficult" to defend against Gallo's appeal of the office's finding
13 months ago that he was guilty of misconduct. The three-member
appeals board, scheduled to hear the case next week, in recent months
has ruled that misconduct requires proof that a scientist willfully
misstated research findings or conclusions.
The case against Gallo, one of the National Institutes of ...