Report Absolves Harvard in Case of Fakery

A committee composed of Harvard faculty members and the deans of the Hopkins, New York University, and Tufts University medical schools has that Harvard Medical School officials acted reasonably in allowing Darsee to perform research for six months after he confessed to of research data. Although the committee found justification for's slowness in notifying the National Institutes of Health that Darsee working on a federal study, an NIH spokesman has faulted Harvard on television for its delay in reporting the problem. Excerpts from the's report, and its suggestions for preventing dishonesty in research, are included here. (KIE abstract)