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China university fires dean over fabricated cancer research data

Tongji University has disciplined prominent cancer researcher Wang Ping following an investigation into scientific misconduct. The university found issues with data integrity and supervision in a study on cancer cells, leading to Wang's dismissal as dean, a demotion, and a two-year ban on promotions and funding. The first author of the paper, Jin Jiali, has also been terminated from her position. AI

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RANK_REASON Academic misconduct and disciplinary action related to a scientific paper. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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China university fires dean over fabricated cancer research data

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 · Ling Xin ·

    China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher Wang Ping for misconduct

    A top Chinese university has taken disciplinary action against its leading cancer researcher after finding academic misconduct in a 2025 Nature study. The study, which claimed that starving cancer cells of valine – a building block of proteins found in food – could trigger DNA da…