{"id":130225,"date":"2021-09-09T14:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T12:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=130225"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:50","slug":"controversial-studies-retracted-amid-erasmus-mc-researchers-use-of-uighur-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/09\/09\/controversial-studies-retracted-amid-erasmus-mc-researchers-use-of-uighur-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial studies by EMC researcher using Uighur DNA retracted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two scientific articles on Uighur DNA were retracted by the editors-in-chief of the journals in which they were initially published,\u00a0research platform <em>Follow the Money<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftm.nl\/artikelen\/omstreden-studies-erasmus-dna-oeigoeren-ingetrokken?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=ErasmusOeigoeren&amp;share=456uHPBUUhk87i3nPxZCf%2B5XA6F9QrkfotV96rS4xK81fAuX%2B3BT2n8QWekvsA%3D%3D\">reported<\/a> Wednesday. An Erasmus MC researcher was involved in both studies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/01\/14111047\/2018__PC14162_GuidoPijper.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139197 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/?s\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Guido Pijper<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The studies, published in April 2019, were retracted on ethical grounds by the journals <em>Human Genetics<\/em> and the <em>International Journal of Legal Medicine<\/em>. The authors were unable to sufficiently demonstrate that the DNA used in the studies was obtained with the consent of the Uighurs.<\/p>\n<p>The studies explore the possibilities of using someone\u2019s DNA to determine their appearance. For example, DNA could be used to reconstruct a person\u2019s face. Forensic experts all over the word are interested in these techniques because they could potentially be an effective crime-solving tool.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09220908\/emc-ext-008.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139091\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09220908\/emc-ext-008.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139091 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09220908\/emc-ext-008-875x506.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139091 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09220908\/emc-ext-008-1280x740.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139091 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09220908\/emc-ext-008-300x173.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139091 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/12\/04\/rotterdam-scientist-contributed-to-dubious-chinese-dna-study\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\u2018Rotterdam scientist contributed to dubious Chinese DNA study\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2019-12-04\">4 December 2019<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Controversial<\/h2><p>One of the co-authors for both studies, Fan Liu, is a researcher at Erasmus MC. He works in Rotterdam as an assistant professor at the Department of Genetic Identification. In a response issued 2 years ago, Erasmus MC stated that he had worked on the studies now retracted by the journals when he was a scientist at the Beijing Institute of Genomics. One of the other researchers involved in the studies was hired by Erasmus MC after the studies had been completed.<\/p>\n<p>The studies became a source of controversy after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/03\/business\/china-dna-uighurs-xinjiang.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> expressed serious concerns in 2019 that DNA for the study was taken from hundreds of Uighurs under duress. Both scientific journals subsequently asked the authors for supporting documentation such as ethics approval for the study.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insufficient <\/h2><p>However, the documentation was deemed insufficient, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s00439-021-02352-6.pdf\">the retraction note<\/a> published by <em>Human Genetics <\/em>on 30 August: \u201cThe documents supplied by the authors contain insufficient information related to the scope of the study for us to remain confident that the protocols complied with our editorial policies or are in line with international ethical standards.\u201d The <em>International Journal of Legal Medicine<\/em> retracted the other study on Tuesday with <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs00414-021-02692-y\">the same retraction note<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the retraction notes, the scientists involved in the studies stated they do not agree with the decision to retract the articles.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Erasmus MC responds<\/h2><p>In a response to <em>Follow the Money<\/em>, Erasmus MC once again stressed that the studies were conducted outside of Erasmus MC and that they were not produced with funding from the Rotterdam-based institution. Erasmus MC sees no grounds for critically examining other studies and has no plans to take measures against the researchers in question.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Tim-Ficheroux_profielfoto-bol_Leroy-Verbeet-2026-1600x1600.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768313449\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" 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\/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/24\/erasmus-universiteit-krijgt-voorlopig-positief-advies-op-instellingstoets\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tErasmus University receives preliminary positive recommendation on institutional review\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-24\">24 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" 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An Erasmus MC researcher was involved in both studies. 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