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University of Michigan faces escalating scrutiny over another animal research scandal
From Steve Neavliong, MetroTimes.com, January 17, 2024
The University of Michigan is under increased scrutiny as a research
fraud scandal continues to unfold, with yet another scientific journal
retracting an article due to “unreliable” and duplicated data.
The research, which was partially federally funded, involved highly invasive
experiments that induced seizures in mice. Their brains were later sliced
into pieces.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information retracted the April 2013
article late last year after citing concerns “raised regarding the
scientific validity.” Some of the information was “improbable” and
“unreliable,” the journal stated in its retraction.
It’s just the latest publication to retract an article from University of
Michigan researchers based on falsified, fabricated, or unreliable
information in the past several years.
Stop Animal Exploitation Now! (SAEN), a group dedicated to forcing an end to
animal use in laboratories, previously discovered five UM research
publications that were retracted from health journals because of suspected
fraud.
In the latest case, SAEN filed a complaint Tuesday with the Office of Research Integrity for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pointing out that the research involved funding from the National Institutes of Health. A total of nearly $1 million was spent on research that yielded no useful information, the letter states.
“The mice in this project were injected with drugs that induced seizures, up to and including convulsions,” SAEN’s complaint states. “Then they were perfused with formaldehyde, and their brains were cut into slices. In other words, animals suffered horribly and died for nothing more than ‘unreliable’ data.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Umemori still works at the university.
Metro Times couldn’t immediately reach him for comment and is awaiting a
response from the university.
The previous five retracted journal articles involved research by Dr. Chung
Owyang, a gastroenterology researcher. In January 2023, UM said he no longer
works at the university.
The latest retraction “has further damaged the reputation of the University
of Michigan, which was previously compromised by Chung Owyang,” the
complaint states. “We must begin to wonder how many other UM researchers are
committing Research Misconduct at this very moment.”
Last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited the university for seven
violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The violations ranged from a botched
euthanasia on a rabbit to administering expired drugs to a calf.
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