Riken considers retracting two stem–cell studiesChicago TribuneTOKYO — Japan’s Riken research center said Tuesday it’s investigating two stem–cell studies published in the journal Nature in January and considering options including retracting them. Riken will give a briefing on the progress of the investigation … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Stem Cell Researcher Calls for Retraction of His Own WorkTIMETeruhiko Wakayama, a respected stem cell scientist from Japan’s RIKEN Institute, said he is not certain about the methods used in two studies he co-authored with lead investigator Haruko Obokata. In the ground-breaking work, heralded by some in the … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
Scientists fail to replicate groundbreaking stem cell technique, sparking …The VergeThe science world was abuzz in late January, when researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, in Japan, announced that they had devised a simple way of forcing adult cells to become embryonic-style stem cells. Embryonic stem cells … …read more &nbs… Continue reading
KAKE**ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, OCT. 25-26** Research associate Crystal Pacutin pulls a frozen vial of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., …Scientists work to repeat stem cell findingBoston GlobeStem cell study opens door to undiscovered world of biologyPhys.OrgStem cell center … Continue reading
Boston.com (blog)The researcher who is calling for the retraction, Teruhiko Wakayama, is a highly-respected stem cell scientist who was the first to clone a mouse. His involvement with the papers was one of the key reasons that outside scientists who were skeptical of …One Author of a Startling Stem Cell Study Calls for Its RetractionNew … Continue reading
Sacramento BeeTOPEKA, Kan. — A new center at the University of Kansas Medical Center that focuses on stem cell research is conducting clinical trials only eight months after it opened. Officials with the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center briefed a Kansas Senate …Scientists work to repeat stem cell findingBoston GlobeStem cell study opens door to … Continue reading
Centre Daily TimesTOPEKA, Kan. — A new center at the University of Kansas Medical Center that focuses on stem cell research is conducting clinical trials only eight months after it opened. Officials with the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center briefed a Kansas Senate …Scientists work to repeat stem cell findingBoston GlobeStem cell study opens door … Continue reading
The StateTOPEKA, Kan. — A new center at the University of Kansas Medical Center that focuses on stem cell research is conducting clinical trials only eight months after it opened. Officials with the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center briefed a Kansas Senate …Scientists work to repeat stem cell findingBoston GlobeProtein synthesis studied in stem cells … Continue reading