Stem-Cell Scientist Agrees to Withdraw What Had Been Groundbreaking Paper

The Japanese scientist Haruko Obokata has agreed to withdraw a stem-cell article, once thought to be a groundbreaking study, that was published in the British scientific journal Nature, The Asahi Shimbun reported on Wednesday.

The Riken Center for Developmental Biology, where Ms. Obokata works, released a report on April 1 that said she had fabricated images in the paper.

She and the paper’s other lead author, Charles Vacanti, an anesthesiology professor at Harvard University, maintain that the fabricated images do not compromise their scientific findings.

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• Source: Asahi

Haruko Obokata, the scientist accused of fabricating her research into a new type of stem cell, has agreed to withdraw her groundbreaking article published in the British science journal Nature in January that brought her worldwide acclaim.

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