At Temple University’s Katz School of Medicine, two longtime colleagues are fighting over claims that one stole the other’s research. The dispute is now the subject of a federal lawsuit, compounded by an investigation into possible misconduct on more than a dozen studies by scientists at the North Philadelphia institution. At the root of the dispute lie professional pride and animosity between two prominent researchers. The heart cannot repair itself by growing new cells, a leading cause of death and disability in the U.S., but some early signs of promise have turned out to be illusory.Read Long Article
