Settled science-----Columbia biologists "deeply regret" Nature retraction, after postdoc faked 74 panels in 3 papers

Columbia biologists "deeply regret" Nature retraction, after postdoc faked 74 panels in 3 papers - Retraction Watch at Retraction Watch:
"A team of Columbia University biologists has retracted a 2013 Nature paper on the molecular pathways underlying Alzheimer’s disease, the second retraction from the group after a postdoc faked data.
An April report from the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) found the a first author, former Columbia postdoc Ryousuke Fujita, responsible for “knowingly and intentionally fabricating and falsifying research in seventy-four (74) panels” in three papers: a 2011 Cell paper retracted in 2014, an unpublished manuscript, and this now-retracted Nature paper, “Integrative genomics identifies APOE e4 effectors in Alzheimer’s disease.”
The paper was touted in a Columbia University Medical Center press release as identifying “key molecular pathways” leading to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The paper fingered two potential molecular drug targets, as well."
...The Cell paper had been cited 150 times, according to Thomson Scientific’s Web of Knowledge. This Naturepaper has been cited 48 times, and has been designated as “highly cited.”