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China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher for misconduct

South China Morning Post · · 238 words · By Ling Xin
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“China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher Wang Ping for misconduct”
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The claim is supported by one specific web search result detailing the disciplinary action by Tongji University. Other search results are irrelevant (general university news or unrelated cases in Japan).
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web search NEUTRAL — Tongji University in Shanghai says it will use the case as a lesson to strengthen oversight of research integrity among staff and students.A top Chinese university has taken. disciplinary action again…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3352700/chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Spring semester begins at Tongji University.16 innovation achievements of Tongji University appear at the 23rd China International Industrial Expo. Dec.18, 2023.
https://www.tongji.edu.cn/eng/
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web search NEUTRAL — Scientific misconduct has laid its paws again on the academic community, this time in Japan. The author of the disputed stem cell paper, also a researcher at Kyoto University, Japan, has been dismisse…
https://www.enago.com/academy/japanese-nobel-laureate-penali…
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“Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards”
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The specific penalties (firing as dean, demotion by two ranks, 24-month ban) are mentioned in one web search result. Other results are completely irrelevant (YouTube, ping tests).
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web search NEUTRAL — Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3352700/chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Footage used from “The Beginner’s Bible”Alex Kister and The Mandela Catalogue do not intend to offend or oppose any Christian beliefs.https://linktr.ee/alexx...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0EpOiu8YkI
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web search NEUTRAL — Feel free to use our ping test. Ping is tested via websockets technology. Results are close to ICMP ping (via cmd or console).
https://www.meter.net/ping-test/
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“The study, which claimed that starving cancer cells of valine – a building block of proteins found in food – could trigger DNA damage and slow tumour growth, contained problematic data in 14 of its 15 figures, Shanghai-based Tongji University said in an official statement on Wednesday.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists entirely of search results for actress Anne Hathaway, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about cancer research and Tongji University.
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web search NEUTRAL — Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hathaway
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web search NEUTRAL — Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades, most notably an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award,…
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1813-anne-hathaway
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Who is Anne Hathaway? Anne Hathaway is an American actress known for her versatility, appearing in films that ranged from fairy tales to adult-oriented dramas and comedies. Her notable mo…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Hathaway-American-…
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“The team, led by Wang Ping, dean of the School of Life Sciences and Technology, failed to “objectively count” total cells and damaged cells in 10 of those figures, while three contained duplicated image data and another involved non-standard recording of a mouse’s weight.”
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The details regarding the failure to 'objectively count' cells and duplicated image data are found in one web search result. Other results are general Excel/spreadsheet tutorials.
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web search NEUTRAL — The team, led by Wang Ping, dean of the School of Life Sciences and Technology, failed to “objectively count” total cells and damaged cells in 10 of those figures, while three contained duplicated ima…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3352700/chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Data organization in spreadsheets. By Broman and Woo 2017.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00031305.2017.1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn the basics of COUNTIF function in Excel. Formula examples to count blank and non-blank cells, with values greater than, less than or equal to the number you specify, duplicates or unique, or bas…
https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/excel-countif-fu…
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“the data was obtained and processed by team member and the paper’s first author Jin Jiali”
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One web search result explicitly states that the data was obtained and processed by first author Jin Jiali. Other results refer to different researchers named Jiali Jin at different institutions.
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web search NEUTRAL — While the data was obtained and processed by team member and the paper’s first author Jin Jiali, “Wang failed to properly supervise the experimental data and the quality of the paper, and did not fulf…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3352700/chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jiali Jin. PhD. Research Associate at Chinese Academy of Forestry.Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has attracted attention because it allows for the collection of data passively, objectively, and con…
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiali-Jin
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web search NEUTRAL — Jiali Jin is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fluridone & Biology. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publicatio…
https://scispace.com/authors/jiali-jin-24xdsrzak0
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“Jin has been fired from her researcher position at the Institute for Advanced Study.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of results for the singer Jin from BTS, which are completely irrelevant to the researcher Jin Jiali.
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web search NEUTRAL — 55M Followers, 8 Following, 255 Posts - Jin of BTS (@jin) on Instagram: "진"
https://www.instagram.com/jin/
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web search NEUTRAL — Kim Seok-jin (Korean: 김석진; born December 4, 1992), known professionally as Jin, is a South Korean singer. He rose to prominence as member of the South Korean boy band BTS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_(singer)
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web search NEUTRAL — Jin (진) is a soloist and a member of the South Korean boy group BTS under Big Hit Music. He made his solo debut on October 28, 2022 with the single album “ The Astronaut “.
https://kprofiles.com/jin-facts-profile/
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