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Dong-Pyou Han (US), former assistant professor of biomedical sciences at Iowa State University, added human antibodies to samples of rabbit blood in an effort to falsely enhance the utility of an experimental HIV vaccine. [72] [73] In 2015 Han was sentenced to nearly five years in prison and ordered to return $7.2 million to the NIH. [74]
Unethical human experimentation is human experimentation that violates the principles of medical ethics. Such practices have included denying patients the right to informed consent , using pseudoscientific frameworks such as race science , and torturing people under the guise of research.
This list includes well-known general theories in science and pre-scientific natural philosophy and natural history that have since been superseded by other scientific theories. Many discarded explanations were once supported by a scientific consensus , but replaced after more empirical information became available that identified flaws and ...
D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences chief science officer Jennifer Love and interim director Francisco J. Diaz pose for a portrait in one of the facility’s training labs Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
This list of laboratory biosecurity incidents includes accidental laboratory-acquired infections and laboratory releases of lethal pathogens, containment failures in or during transport of lethal pathogens, and incidents of exposure of lethal pathogens to laboratory personnel, improper disposal of contaminated waste, and/or the escape of laboratory animals.
Concerns have been expressed within the scientific community that the general public may consider science less credible due to failed replications. [171] Research supporting this concern is sparse, but a nationally representative survey in Germany showed that more than 75% of Germans have not heard of replication failures in science. [172]
Humans did not evolve from either of the living species of chimpanzees (common chimpanzees and bonobos) or any other living species of apes. [174] Humans and chimpanzees did, however, evolve from a common ancestor. [175] [176] This most recent common ancestor of living humans and chimpanzees would have lived between 5 and 8 million years ago. [177]
Thomas Edison once said, "I have not failed.I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." From show business and athletics to tech and the corporate world, the giants of every industry have one ...