Title: The Baltimore case : a trial of politics, science, and character /
Authors: Kevles, Daniel J.
Publisher: Norton,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Imanishi-Kari, Thereza.; Baltimore, David.; O'Toole, Margot.; Baltimore, David.; Imanishi-Kari, Thereza.; O'Toole, Margot.; Cellular immunity Research Moral and ethical aspects.; Fraud in science; Politics; Research; Scientific Misconduct; Cells; Ethics, Professional
Abstract: David Baltimore won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1975 at the age of 37 and became the president of the Rockefeller University. Less than a year and a half after, he fell from grace. Citing the personal toll of fighting a long battle over an allegedly fraudulent paper he had collaborated on in 1986, he resigned. While never suspected of faking anything himself, he had stubbornly defended the integrity and work of his colleague, Thereza Imanishi-Kari, one of six coauthors of the disputed paper.
Contents: 1. 'A beautiful paper' -- 2. Tough customers -- 3. Assertions of error -- 4. Misconduct in America -- 5. A demand for audit -- 6. 'A perfect object lesson' -- 7. A moment's vindication -- 8. Baltimore v. Dingell -- 9. Fraud story -- 10. Burden of proof -- 11. Bad for science -- 12. 'Rough justice' -- 13. Dr. Healy's mantra -- 14. Justice delayed -- 15. Matters of judgment -- 16. Crossing the experts -- 17. Final verdicts -- Glossary -- Endnotes -- Essay on sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index.