For months now, the N&O has been writing about the curious case of Anil Potti, the now-disgraced cancer researcher whose work at Duke has come under serious scrutiny within his profession.

Potti left Duke in November following revelations that he padded his resume and published findings now being retracted.

In today's paper, reporter Sarah Avery introduces you to Joyce Shoffner of Raleigh, who was enrolled in one of Potti's clinical trials and is less than enthused by how the university has handled it.

Shoffner provides a human face to this ongoing saga. She says treatment she received through Potti's clinical trial complicated her medical situation.

The man shot dead by Duke police outside Duke Hospital early Saturday had tried to grab an officer's gun, the university said today.

Aaron Lorenzo Dorsey, 25, of Durham, died after being shot shortly after 1 a.m.

Two Duke officers, Larry Carter and Jeffrey Liberto, had gone to the front of the hospital after being called about a 'suspicious person', according to a news release from Duke today.

Dorsey then attacked one officer and tried to grab his gun.

"After other options failed to stop the individual, the other officer discharged his firearm one time, fatally wounding Mr. Dorsey," the release states.

The statement does not specify which officer was attacked and which fired the shot that killed Dorsey.

Duke said it could not elaborate further because investigations by Duke Police and the State Bureau of Investigation are continuing.

The two officers have been put on paid administrative leave, said David Jarmul, a university spokesman.

Carter has been on the Duke police force for 23 years; Liberto has for two years.

Erica Nance, 2, was born with her organs outside her body, but doctors at Duke are expanding her abdominal cavity to accommodate all of her organs. ... more

... I've never heard of it inciting violence.

From the Duke University police log:

6/24/08, 3:34 p.m. DHN (Duke Hospital North) Cafeteria. Simple Assault. An unaffiliated female struck an employee after complaining about the food. The visitor was arrested and charged with RDO (resist, delay and obstruct), Simple Assault, and 2nd Degree Trespassing.