Japanese scientist in research scandal found dead

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Source: Washington Post

TOKYO — A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal died Tuesday in an apparent suicide, police said.

Yoshiki Sasai, who supervised and co-authored stem-cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents, was found suffering from cardiac arrest at the government-affiliated science institute RIKEN in Kobe, in western Japan, according to Hyogo prefectural police. Sasai, 52, was deputy chief of RIKEN’s Center for Developmental Biology.

A security guard found him with a rope around his neck, according to RIKEN. Sasai was rushed to a hospital, but was pronounced dead two hours later.

Police and RIKEN said Sasai left what appeared to be suicide notes, but refused to disclose their contents.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/japan-scientist-in-research-scandal-found-dead/2014/08/05/d525d50a-1c55-11e4-9b6c-12e30cbe86a3_story.html

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1. I thought when scientists suicided they shot themselves twice in the head. nt

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2. From behind.

[Alkene]

3. Or they can just move on to 6-figure salaries...

working as biostitutes for Schering-Plough.

http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/25756/title/Banned-scientist-now-at-Schering-Plough/