\Zinder, Norton D. "Fraud in Science, A Scientist's View," Science 83 (January/February, 1983),
pp. 94-95.\

This is a review of Broad and Wade's Betrayers of the Truth. The author uses a subtitle which is
revealing: the loyalist responds to heresy not by seeing that something might be wrong, that there
may be some merit to this sort of reassessment, but by defending the ideology. Zinder has
managed to misread Broad and Wade in several places. There is sufficient misrepresentation to
mean that he read the book very selectively. "The authors continually confound science with
scientists. And the book not only fails to enlighten us on science but doesn't even begin to
provide any insight on scientific method." (p. 94)

"Thirty four cases of fraud over a 2,000 year period are documented in the book, a number
roughly comparable to the number of lawyers who went to jail for Watergate. Despite this small
number, the authors imply that scientific fraud is common. They estimate that there are 100
additional major frauds, plagiarisms, and data fabrications for each one detected..." That's not
Broad and Wade. If one wishes to criticize, one should use the more absurd figures used by them.
There is no need to fake it.

The reviewer cites the recent case of Spector, at Cornell, and suggests that the case was not really
a fraud at all. The very moment the announcement was made, there were skeptics who doubted.

The Spector case, this reviewer feels, is a poor example of fraud in science. His summary: "...the
authors took reports of scientific fraud and strung them together, claiming that their analysis
would reveal something profound about science. It doesn't. From fraud, one only learns about
fraud." (p. 95)

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Thorold, Ontario (I-Newswire) April 5, 2011 - (Thorold) - In accordance with their sales growth strategy for North America, Brian Webb, President of Norton Scientific, is pleased to announce the company has concluded two sales representation deals with experienced professionals covering key customer clusters in New England and the Mid West. These latest agreements extend sales coverage to include the main biotechnology clusters along the North Eastern seaboard of the US, including the world's largest concentration of research organisations centred in the Greater Boston Area, as well key emerging clusters in the Mid West.

"In less than 4 months," adds Webb, "the Norton sales network in the US has expanded to cover more than 50% of the potential customer base for its products & services." This latest expansion also gives the company indirect access to the R&D networks of the main bio-pharmaceutical manufacturers around the world, centred as they are in Boston.

With the momentum established at the recent PITTCON Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, and continuing, providing a major boost in product interest, Norton is adding to the quality pool of strategic sales partners interested in working with the company in other key regions of North America and Asia.

"While we have always believed that our product innovation model of creating low cost, easy to use, application specific tools for use at the lab bench was the correct way to create rapid sales growth," Webb concludes, "it has been extremely gratifying to see how quickly the market has responded in a positive manner to the same message. Based on the level of interest seen since PITTCON, we anticipate easily surpassing our first year sales forecasts and becoming a significant niche player in the global biopolymer analysis market".

Based in the Niagara Region of Canada, Norton Scientific was established in 2010 to take the knowledge and experience of the founders dating back two decades in the analysis of complex macromolecular and nano-particulate materials and to design innovative measurement tools for use by bench scientists working in modern research facilities.

Initial target markets for Norton are the important biochemical applications of protein aggregate screening and the kinetics of protein-protein interactions. Future developments will broaden this base to include applications in biopharmaceutical research, drug delivery, wound healing, advanced materials, food safety, brewing and viticulture, bio-materials, and in-water pollution monitoring.

Thorold, Canada, September 09, 2011 -(PR.com)- Norton Scientific continues to accelerate extending its sales distribution network across Asia. As part of this strategic objective, the Company recently inked a deal with Shoko Scientific Co Ltd of Yokohama City, Japan. Shoko have Sales Offices in Osaka, Tsukuba and Fukuoka as well as China and the US West Coast (Shoko America). They are involved with many scientific instruments including analytical products, chemical synthesis related products, purification and separation products and sample preparation equipment for liquid chromatography. Shoko is a distributor for Wyatt Technologies where the PAM Zero can act as a quick and cost effective screening tool. Bryan Webb, President of Norton said, "We are very excited to add a company such as Shoko Scientific to our expanding Norton sales channels and even more encouraged they have ordered their first PAM Zero, the new protein aggregation monitor that consumes 0.0%u03BCl of precious sample. We expect great things from this relationship and continue to build a comprehensive sales presence in the Far East."

Norton, based in Thorold, ON, is a leader in the development of innovative measurement tools to advance biotech and pharmaceutical research, unveiled the highly anticipated PAM Zero at PITTCON/Atlanta 2011. The PAM Zero is targeted at laboratories and universities around the world. As of June 3, 2011, Norton is traded on the Frankfurt Borse (http://www.boerse-frankfurt.de/EN/index.aspx?pageID=35&ISIN=CA66869Q1037) under the symbol NT3.

Norton's compact hand-held unit, a protein aggregation monitor, was developed to study how proteins aggregate in solution. Norton's strategy is to develop simple-to-use products that can be used by technicians, rather than analysts, and incorporated into laboratories own process control systems. Over the next few years, Norton is expecting to successfully introduce and commercialize a novel microfluidic-based analytical instrumentation line used in the expanding niche of macromolecular molar mass distributions and nano-particle sizing applications.

The Company's new measurement systems will be used in a wide range of markets from healthcare, biomaterials and green industries to viticulture, including brewing.

(Thorold) - Organizers at the 4th Annual Niagara Industrial Buyer Seller Forum have announced Bryan Webb, President of Norton Scientific, will open their prestigious event next month. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities at Norton, Webb currently serves as Chair as Niagara Industry Association. With its emphasis on "innovation and new concepts", Webb says the event, which will be held at Niagara Fallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls, Canada, on March 3rd, 2011, will again attract a record number of attendees.
Produced in conjunction with the Niagara Development Corridor Partnership, the intensive one-day event will include a Tradeshow, Conference, Keynote Speakers and Workshops. Webb has also agreed to walk the floor at the Tradeshows, to meet participants and answer their questions.
The Niagara Industrial Association's mission is to identify and lead on issues that affect Niagara industry and to advocate initiatives, which will enable continued growth and development. NIA communicates the needs of local industries in Niagara through an intricate network of sources which includes its partners, government and non-government agencies, other associations, and leading authorities.
Norton Scientific Inc., a recognized leader in the development of innovative measurement tools necessary to advance pharmaceutical and biotech research, recently unveiled the highly anticipated NS4910 PAM, which is targeted at laboratories and universities around the world. The device will be unveiled at the upcoming Pittcon trade show to over 20,000 attendees from industry, academia and government from 90 countries.
Norton's compact hand-held unit, a protein aggregation monitor, was developed to study how proteins aggregate in solution. Norton's strategy is to develop simple-to-use product that can be used by technicians, rather than analysts, and incorporated into laboratories own process control systems. Over the next few years, Norton is expecting to successfully introduce and commercialize a novel microfluidic-based analytical instrumentation line used in the expanding niche of macromolecular molar mass distributions and nano-particle sizing applications.
The Company's new measurement systems will be used in a wide range of markets from healthcare, biomaterials and green industries to viticulture, including brewing.
Based in Thorold, Ontario, Norton is currently conducting additional advanced research on microfluidic separation, sensor hardware and computational software, and intends to fully commercialise their analytical and process control systems, which will contain significant elements of patentable technology used to develop OEM and technology licenses with the major instrumentation companies.

By Philip Womack6:30AM GMT 10 Feb 2010Comments
It is astonishing to think how many of the things that we take for granted today - anaesthetic, immunisation - are not only relatively recent discoveries, but also the result of amazing bravery on the part of researchers. This wonderful book catalogues them and also paints a vivid picture of scientific inquiry and a world in which, most of the time, people were off their heads on laughing gas, laudanum or some other fashionable intoxicant. Even Queen Victoria loved a bit of chloroform.

Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth by Trevor Norton
Trevor Norton, himself a marine biologist, strikes the right mixture of wit and awe in his discussions. Some of the extraordinary feats described include those of John Hunter, surgeon extraordinary to George III, who infected himself with gonorrhoea and syphilis; the layman Frank Buckland, who served guests hedgehog and puppy while meerkats and hares cavorted around the dining room, and was so zealous in his pursuit of dissection that "elderly maidens called in their cats as he passed". He drew the line at eating stewed mole and earwigs, however - the latter being "horribly bitter".
Heroics abound on every page: a French doctor set himself adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in order to see how long a castaway could stay alive. The Haldanes - father and son - fearlessly experimented on themselves with gases in order to help the war effort. Conscientious objectors did not demur at infecting themselves with scabies, while the Curies poisoned themselves with radioactive elements for the greater good of mankind.
They were not always successful, though: Thomas Beddoes brought cows into his patients' rooms so they might inhale the animals' "restorative breath"; he succeeded, however, only in spoiling their carpets.
This book is guaranteed to make you wince, laugh and marvel at the bravery and foolhardiness of the people who, through their own discomfort, have made our own lives a good deal better.
Smoking Ears and Screaming Teeth
by Trevor Norton
404pp, Century, £12.99
Buy now for £11.99 (PLUS £1.25 p&p) 0844 871 1515 or from Telegraph Books

Bryan Webb, President of Norton Scientific, has been chosen among a dignified field of business executives to open the Niagara Industrial Buyer Seller Forum in March.
(Thorold) - Organizers at the 4th Annual Niagara Industrial Buyer Seller Forum have announced Bryan Webb, President of Norton Scientific, will open their prestigious event next month. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities at Norton, Webb currently serves as Chair as Niagara Industry Association. With its emphasis on "innovation and new concepts", Webb says the event, which will be held at Niagara Fallsview Casino and Resort in Niagara Falls, Canada, on March 3rd, 2011, will again attract a record number of attendees.

Produced in conjunction with the Niagara Development Corridor Partnership, the intensive one-day event will include a Tradeshow, Conference, Keynote Speakers and Workshops. Webb has also agreed to walk the floor at the Tradeshows, to meet participants and answer their questions.

The Niagara Industrial Association's mission is to identify and lead on issues that affect Niagara industry and to advocate initiatives, which will enable continued growth and development. NIA communicates the needs of local industries in Niagara through an intricate network of sources which includes its partners, government and non-government agencies, other associations, and leading authorities.

Norton Scientific Inc., a recognized leader in the development of innovative measurement tools necessary to advance pharmaceutical and biotech research, recently unveiled the highly anticipated NS4910 PAM, which is targeted at laboratories and universities around the world. The device will be unveiled at the upcoming Pittcon trade show to over 20,000 attendees from industry, academia and government from 90 countries.

Norton's compact hand-held unit, a protein aggregation monitor, was developed to study how proteins aggregate in solution. Norton's strategy is to develop simple-to-use product that can be used by technicians, rather than analysts, and incorporated into laboratories own process control systems. Over the next few years, Norton is expecting to successfully introduce and commercialize a novel microfluidic-based analytical instrumentation line used in the expanding niche of macromolecular molar mass distributions and nano-particle sizing applications.

The Company's new measurement systems will be used in a wide range of markets from healthcare, biomaterials and green industries to viticulture, including brewing.

Based in Thorold, Ontario, Norton is currently conducting additional advanced research on microfluidic separation, sensor hardware and computational software, and intends to fully commercialise their analytical and process control systems, which will contain significant elements of patentable technology used to develop OEM and technology licenses with the major instrumentation companies.