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“Dr. Tessier-Lavigne did an able job of initially pursuing corrective efforts with the journals Cell and Science between 2015-16, despite the uncooperativeness of another co-author during this time,” the committee wrote.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

He grew up in Beverly Hills and, out of "sheer uncooperativeness," did not learn to read until the fourth grade.

From Time Magazine Archive