The media took up the challenge, and a number of allegations of research misconduct were made.
The committee concluded that Churchill's involvement in plagiarizing Cohen's essay constitutes an act of research misconduct.
It also gave rise to one of the most serious cases of research misconduct of the 20th century.
The committee concluded that the allegation was not "appropriate for further investigation under the definition of research misconduct."
In 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder administrators ordered an investigation into seven allegations of research misconduct.
However in most countries, committing research misconduct, even on a large scale, is not a legal offence.
It found no evidence of research misconduct, and confirmed the results of earlier inquiries.
The case is the latest of several accusations of research misconduct, as well as racial and sexual discrimination, against senior scientists at the health institutes.
Most recently he has explored the problem of research misconduct in an effort to develop remedies from the perspective of a psychiatrist.
In scientific research, misappropriation is a type of research misconduct.