In a shadow of doubt

As a young clinical investigator, I must take heed of the words of James Wilson, the gene therapy expert who was incriminated of ethical misconduct after the death of Jesse Gelsinger. 

He said, "a young investigator must avoid situations in which three factors converge: a bad outcome, suspicion of error, and the appearance of financial conflict of interest. If those things happens, and it rises to the press' attention, the dots will be connected. No matter what you do, the mistakes will be perceived as having been made on purpose." 

Ref: NEJM 7 May 2015