NEW YORK: An Indian researcher at the University of Connecticut, who was known for his work on the benefits of red wine to cardiovascular health, faces accusations that he fabricated and falsified data in over a 100 instances.

A three-year investigation was conducted against Dipak Das, professor in the University's department of surgery and director of the cardiovascular research center.

The "extensive research misconduct investigation", sparked by an anonymous tip in 2008 over research irregularities, examined more than seven years of activity in Das' lab. The investigation report concludes that Das is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data.

"We have a responsibility to correct the scientific record and inform peer researchers across the country now," Philip Austin, the University's interim vice-president for health affairs, said in a statement.

Austin said the University was "deeply disappointed" by the "flagrant disregard" for the its code of conduct.

The University's health center has sent letters of notification to 11 scientific journals that had published studies conducted by Das. As a result of the investigation, the Health Center has frozen all externally funded research in Das' laboratory and declined to accept $890,000 in federal grants awarded to him.

Das had gained attention in recent years for his work on the beneficial properties of resveratrol, which is found in red wine. Many of Das' 26 articles reported positive effects of resveratrol, thought to promote longevity in laboratory animals.

Das' published research articles involved cutting and pasting photographic images from a similar research record. In a 2010 letter to university officials, Das had said the investigation was a "conspiracy" against him and that his work was repeated by scientists across the world.

Questions

1. Summarize the article focusing on researcher's faults.

2. Have you ever tried red wine for your health based on well-known theory that red wine can protect cancer or maintain youth? If so, how's your feeling after reading this article?

3. People try unproved folk remedies and foods to prolong life and maintain youth. Do you have any related experience?

4. There has been doubts or arguments about various statistic results from the government(ex. unemployment rate, economic growth rate, and so on).

If these results are based on data fraud for the purpose of many reasons, how would you respond or what would you require to the government to prevent data fraud?

5. If you are in this situation like Indian researcher, would you handle data or do any bad behavior to gain social reputation and fortune?