The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, last week killed a huge clinical trial probing the potential benefits of moderate drinking after an investigation found that senior officials at the agency9s alcohol institute secretly and improperly wooed the alcoholic beverage industry to fund the $100 million project. The investigative report, released on 15 June, also determined that officials at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism steered grants funding the study to a favored scientist and helped manipulate the trial design to maximize the likelihood that moderate alcohol intake would be found to protect against heart disease and diabetes. As he ordered the trial axed, NIH Director Francis Collins called the conduct "way outside of the acceptable culture of our noble institution."

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NIH 终止酒精试验，开始寻找其他可疑研究

位于马里兰州贝塞斯达的美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 上周取消了一项大型临床试验，该试验旨在探讨适度饮酒的潜在益处，此前一项调查发现该机构酒精研究所的高级官员秘密且不正当地向酒精饮料行业寻求资助。 1亿美元的项目。6 月 15 日发布的调查报告还确定，美国国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所的官员将研究经费转给了一位受人喜爱的科学家，并帮助操纵了试验设计，以最大限度地提高适度饮酒的可能性，以保护对抗心脏病和糖尿病。当他下令取消试验时，NIH 主任弗朗西斯柯林斯称这种行为“超出了我们崇高机构可接受的文化”。