College Professor Fakes Research Results

(Ames, Iowa)

Iowa State University biomedical sciences assistant professor Dong-Pyou Han resigned after admitting he tainted blood samples to get desired outcomes in research animals. The National Institutes of Health had awarded Han’s research team $19 million in multiyear grants.

An assistant professor at Iowa State University received millions of federal dollars to pursue a promising AIDS vaccine — and then resigned for faking results, according to documents released this week.

Dong-Pyou Han, an assistant professor of biomedical sciences, resigned after owning up to tampering with rabbit blood to get desired outcomes in research animals, according to the Des Moines Register.

There's no word on what happened to the $19 million.