Researcher under fire for allegedly faking red wine studies

•By: Suzanne Murray

Some of the good news about the benefits of red wine could have been fake news.

A University is accusing one of its researchers of publishing fake studies that touted the benefits of red wine.

Dipak Das, a professor in the department of surgery and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center, "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data," in as many as 11 scientific journals. This is according to a university statement.

This comes after a three-year investigation into Das's work after an anonymous tip alleging irregularities in his research.

The university sent letters to the 11 journals that published Das's work and has declined $890,000 in federal grants awarded to him.

Das has published work on the benefit of resveratrol in red wine as well as crushed garlic for the heart. He is being dismissed from the university. His lawyer said allegations against him could be "easily refuted" and said "charges against him involve prejudice within the university against Indian researchers," said a statement quoted by the website Retraction Watch.

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•By: Suzanne Murray

Some of the good news about the benefits of red wine could have been fake news.

A University is accusing one of its researchers of publishing fake studies that touted the benefits of red wine.

Dipak Das, a professor in the department of surgery and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center, "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data," in as many as 11 scientific journals. This is according to a university statement.

This comes after a three-year investigation into Das's work after an anonymous tip alleging irregularities in his research.

The university sent letters to the 11 journals that published Das's work and has declined $890,000 in federal grants awarded to him.

Das has published work on the benefit of resveratrol in red wine as well as crushed garlic for the heart. He is being dismissed from the university. His lawyer said allegations against him could be "easily refuted" and said "charges against him involve prejudice within the university against Indian researchers," said a statement quoted by the website Retraction Watch.

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