New documents prompted MIT President Sally Kornbluth’s defense of her oversight of the Duke University $112 Million cancer research scandal, one of the biggest medical frauds in U.S. history.
🔎 We examine: The timeline of Dr. Anil Potti’s falsified cancer genomics research. Whistleblower warnings ignored between 2007–2010. Federal investigations and Duke’s $112 million settlement. Kornbluth’s 2025 statements versus contemporaneous evidence.
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