To the Editor: In 2004 the Journal published an editorial entitled “Managing allegations of scientific misconduct and fraud: lessons from the ‘Hall affair' ”.1 The editorial referred to accusations made against Bruce Hall, a professor at the University of New South Wales, which were broadcast by medical journalist Norman Swan on two episodes of the “Science Show”, a weekly program of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
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- 1. Van Der Weyden MB. Managing allegations of scientific misconduct and fraud: lessons from the “Hall affair”. Med J Aust 2004; 180: 149-151. <MJA full text>
- 2. Jackson S. ABC settles Science Show defamation suit brought by Bruce Hall. The Australian 2014; 4 Mar. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/abc-settles-science-show-defamation-suit-brought-by-bruce-hall/story-e6frg996-1226844862688# (accessed Jun 2014).
- 3. Hall BM, Dorsch S, Roser B. The cellular basis of allograft rejection in vivo. I. The cellular requirement for first-set rejection of heart grafts. J Exp Med 1978; 148: 878-889.
- 4. Hall BM, Jelbart ME, Gurley KE, Dorsch SE. Specific unresponsiveness in rats with prolonged cardiac allograft survival after treatment with cyclosporine. Mediation of specific suppression by T helper/inducer cells. J Exp Med 1985; 162: 1683-1694.
- 5. Hall BM, Pearce NW, Gurley KE, Dorsch SE. Specific unresponsiveness in rats with prolonged cardiac allograft survival after treatment with cyclosporine. III. Further characterisation of the CD4+ suppressor cell and its mechanisms of action. J Exp Med 1990; 171: 141-157.
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