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#1 Submitted by r.... on August 6, 2023 - 11:52am

“evidence of fraud” in four of her studies, of which two have been retracted with a third retraction pending This sounds very convincing to me. And all that on a one million $ salary?

Star professor in research fraud case sues Harvard and accusers

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