Top AIDS expert hit with charge of plagiarism

Researcher published article using others' data without their permission

China's leading AIDS scientist has come under fire for gross ethical misconduct after colleagues complained he used their unpublished data in an academic article without permission.

Shao Yiming's piece, Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent HIV Transmission in Serodiscordant Couples in China, was published on The Lancet medical journal's website on Dec 1.