among other things , the report found that gallo had lied about not growing the french virus lav in his own lab ; that he had added , quote , gratuitous , self-serving and improper alterations , unquote , to an article submitted for publication by his french competitors , to make the article favor his own hypothesis about the aids virus ; that , quote , dr. gallo must bear substantial responsibility for the numerous discrepancies , including four instances of scientific misconduct , unquote , in papers published by science magazine in 1985 ; and that , quote , especially in the light of the ground-breaking nature of this research and its profound public health implications , the office of research integrity believes that the careless and unacceptable keeping of research records reflects irresponsible laboratory management that has permanently impaired the ability to trace the important steps taken , unquote .