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Coauthor Of Retracted Stem Cell Research Found Dead – WBUR

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2014-08-05 NEWS

Coauthor Of Retracted Stem Cell Research Found Dead
WBUR
TOKYO — A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stemcell research scandal died Tuesday in an apparent suicide, police said. Yoshiki Sasai, who supervised and co-authored stemcell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents, …

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2014-08-05 NEWS

Wall Street Journal

Japanese StemCell Scientist Yoshiki Sasai Commits Suicide
Wall Street Journal
TOKYO—A top Japanese scientist who co-authored disputed stemcell papers committed suicide by hanging himself, police said Tuesday. Yoshiki Sasai, deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, guided research published in the journal …

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2014-08-05 NEWS

Most Cosmetic Procedures Based on Stem Cells Bogus?
WebMD
Stem cells offer tremendous potential, but the marketplace is saturated with unsubstantiated and sometimes fraudulent claims that may place patients at risk,” a team led by Dr. Michael Longaker, of Stanford University Medical Center, wrote in a review …

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2014-08-04 NEWS

CBS News

Stem cell beauty treatments? Probably bogus, experts say
CBS News
The experts say consumers need to be wary of advertisements promoting the benefits of “minimally invasive, stem cell-based rejuvenation procedures.” Claims for stem cell procedures for facelifts, breast augmentation and vaginal rejuvenation are not

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