Dr. Carlo Croce is among the most prolific scientists in an emerging area of cancer research involving what is sometimes called the “dark matter” of the human genome.
But over the last several years, Dr. Croce has been fending off a tide of allegations of data falsification and other scientific misconduct, according to federal and state records, whistle-blower complaints and correspondence with scientific journals obtained by The New York Times.
Dr. Croce’s story is a case study of the complex and often countervailing forces at work as science seeks to police itself.

 

 

Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/science/cancer-carlo-croce.html?emc=edit_ta_20170308&nl=top-stories&nlid=49769097&ref=headline