A cancer journal has retracted a paper by a researcher who doctored data in 11 studies, according to a report by the U. According to an investigation report released by the ORI last year, all 11 studies co-authored by Girija Dasmahapatra , formerly based at Virginia Commonwealth University VCU in Richmond, will either be retracted or corrected.
Earlier this month, a second paper from the list was pulled by Clinical Cancer Research. Last month, we reported on a retraction in the Journal of Biological Chemistry JBC and a mega-correction in Molecular Pharmacology issued for papers by Grant and Dent due to problems with images. Neither paper included Dasmahapatra as a co-author.
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ORI provided the editors with image analyses for Fig. An excerpt of the response from ORI regarding the analyses is as follows:. The matter was reviewed by members of the AACR Publications staff and the CCR editors, who agree that the figure manipulation present in the article merits retraction.
All five authors have consented to this retraction. According to the ORI report , Dasmahapatra. Regarding Dasmahapatra, a VCU spokesperson previously told us :. The federal Office of Research Integrity ORI was notified, also per our policy, and assisted with the forensic analysis of many of the figures. In the course of the investigation, the former research instructor, Dr. Girija Dasmahapatra, admitted responsibility. Dasmahapatra left VCU in July The laboratory in which he worked has taken steps to prevent these kinds of errors from occurring again, and journals where the manuscripts were published have been contacted in order to take the necessary editorial actions.
Dasmahapatra is not a co-author on the paper:. In Fig. This error has now been corrected. This error does not affect the results or conclusions of this work. Like Retraction Watch? Consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support our growth.
