Science Breaktroughs The Koyal Group InfoMag News:
Japanese stem-cell 'breakthrough' findings retracted
Research into one of the biggest recent stem-cell "breakthroughs" has been withdrawn
because of "critical errors".
Scientists in Japan had claimed stem...
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Science Breaktroughs The Koyal Group InfoMag News:
Japanese stem-cell 'breakthrough' findings retracted
Research into one of the biggest recent stem-cell "breakthroughs" has been withdrawn
because of "critical errors".
Scientists in Japan had claimed stem cells could be made cheaply, quickly and ethically just by
dipping blood cells into acid.
They have now written a retraction that apologises for "multiple errors" in their report.
Nature, the journal that published the findings, is reviewing how it checks scientific papers.
Stem cells can become any other type of tissue and are already being investigated to heal the
damage caused by a heart attack and to restore sight to the blind.
Researchers around the world described the acid-bath stem-cell finds as a "game changer,"
"remarkable" and "a major scientific discovery".
Falling apart
However, errors were rapidly discovered, parts were lifted from early work and presented as
though it was new research, and leading scientists have been un
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