729K - A few good reasons for lying

DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University cancer scientist resigned Friday amid concerns about his research that arose after the university started probing whether he'd lied on a grant application.

Other papers submitted by Potti are also being reviewed, and three clinical trials based on his research have been closed, Geiger said.

Potti was an associate professor of medicine at Duke who has been under investigation by the school since this summer, when his claim on a federal grant application to be a Rhodes Scholar was scrutinized. Geiger didn't immediately return a call seeking further information on what the school found out about the Rhodes Scholar claim.

Potti's research was questioned by statisticians at the University of Texas' M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, who were troubled by methods used in a study that described gene patterns that might help predict a breast cancer patient's response to chemotherapy.

Potti has received a five-year, $729,000 grant from the American Cancer Society, but that award was suspended during the investigation into his work

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/duke-cancer-researcher-quits-747487.html