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Controversial immunologist faces court case

BMJ 2002; 324 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7339.695 (Published 23 March 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;324:695
  1. Xavier Bosch
  1. Barcelona

    Spanish immunologist Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, the author of a paper on the genetic origins of Palestinians, has been suspended without pay from the Hospital Doce de Octubre in Madrid, where he heads the department of immunology and molecular biology, after being charged with embezzlement of funds.

    Dr Arnaiz-Villena, president of Spain's National Commission of Immunology, was the author of a polemical paper on the genetic origins of Palestinians that was retracted and deleted from records last autumn. In it he said that some Palestinians lived in concentration camps.

    The embezzlement charges refer to Dr Arnaiz's “purchase of products not used in his department's healthcare activities; purchase of hospital products used in healthcare activities but in quantities much greater than needed; falsification of statistical data apparently to justify purchases; …

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