Catherine M. Verfaillie (Dutch:[vərfɑi]; born in Ypres, 1957) obtained an M.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1982. After graduation, she specialized in internal medicine and in 1987. Currently she works as a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).
Her work on the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate to different cell types has garnered controversy due to accusations of poor laboratory practices and fabrication of data by members of her laboratory.[1]
In 2019, it was shown that several of her more recent papers also contained altered images and potential fraud was committed.[2][3] An investigation by the KU Leuven Commission on Research Integrity, finished in July 2020, concluded that there was no breach of research integrity in the investigated publications, but that some papers did contain inaccurate figures.[4]
^New York Times report on Dr. Catherine Verfaillie
^Stamcelonderzoek van wereldberoemde Leuvense prof ligt zwaar onder vuur nieuwsblad.be, Maxie Eckert & Stijn Cools, 5 December 2019, article in Dutch
^KU Leuven onderzoekt papers stamcelspecialisten op vervalsing tijd.be, Nora Sleiderink, 5 December 2019, article in Dutch
^KU Leuven completes research on possible breach of research integrity nieuws.kuleuven.be, Sigrid Somers & Elisa Nelissen, 16 July 2020
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