University of Minnesota scientist responds to fraud allegations in Alzheimer's research. While defending the findings, a U researcher stated that the possibility that a colleague doctored photographs is devastating.
A senior University of Minnesota researcher called it "devastating" that a colleague may have doctored photographs to bolster study, but she maintained the legitimacy of her landmark work on the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Karen Ashe declined to comment on a U probe into the validity of studies done by Sylvain Lesné, a neuroscientist she hired and a rising star in the realm of Alzheimer's research. She did, however, dispute a story in Science magazine this week that expressed worries about Lesné, claiming that it was confusing and inflated the impact of the U's work on downstream drug development to treat Alzheimer's-related dementia.
"Having worked for decades to understand the cause of Alzheimer disease, so that better treatments can be found for ...
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