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Gilbert said yesterday he could not discuss the matter because University policy makes it confidential. The professor said he makes his policy on research fraud very clear to lab workers, and that he is extremely vigilant about preventing and detecting any fraud. "I'm very conscious of the need to keep good laboratory notes, and we distribute detailed instructions," Gilbert said...
Gilbert referred other questions to University Attorney Anne Taylor. Taylor said yesterday afternoon she "could not confirm or deny" any investigation or allegation of research fraud...
...addition, some sources said that the federal Office of Research Integrity had been made aware of the allegation of fraud. Dr. Kay Fields '63, senior scientist at the office, said she could not confirm or deny that the case had gone to her office...
Fields said her office, in general, relies on reports prepared by investigating committees inside universities. She said neither Gilbert nor any other employee of Harvard's biological labs has ever been found to have engaged in research fraud. Those found guilty of fraud can be banned from received federal funds for up to 10 years...
Seven Faculty members in the department interviewed this week said allegations of fraud happen rarely--"about once every 10 years," one professor said. Professors say they routinely duplicate experiments and construct series of tests to build on one another so as to catch fraud or other errors. Faculty members said that the supervision of researchers by professors is not fool-proof...