Japanese scientist resigns as 'STAP' stem-cell method fails

Haruko Obokata caused a sensation earlier this year with papers, now discredited, that claimed a simple method for creating stem cells. Haruko Obokata, the stem-cell biologist whose papers caused a sensation earlier this year before being retracted, has resigned from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan.

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