Science as it is done

Too much fraud in research these days and it is not just Climate Research. From the New York Post:

Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants
An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.

Dr. Dong-Pyou Han spiked a clinical test sample with healthy human blood to make it appear that the rabbit serum produced disease-fighting antibodies, officials said.

The bogus findings helped Han's team obtain $19 million in research grants from the National Institutes of Health, said James Bradac, who oversees the institutes' AIDS research.

The remarkable findings were reported in scientific journals but raised suspicions when other researchers could not duplicate Han's results.

And of course, Dr. Han got a severe disciplinary action:

Han agreed last month not to seek government contracts for three years

Two things really amaze me: #1) - that there was not a whistle-blower on his team and #2) - what was his exit strategy? This has the same problems as a Ponzi scam -- it gets bigger and bigger with more and more grant money coming in but there is no graceful exit. Its only exit is to come crashing down with all eyes on the instigator.