Misconduct found in Japanese stem cell research
Researcher tampered with images in report describing STAP cells, institute investigation finds
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ANOTHER LOOK Stem cell-like cells called STAP cells were reported to be able to make every type of cell in a mouse fetus and some parts of the placenta. A new investigation concludes that the lead researcher falsified some parts of the report.
H. OBOKATA