Scientist Resigns as Stem-Cell Creation Method Is Discredited

Haruko Obakata caused a sensation earlier this year with papers, now discredited and retracted, that claimed a simple method for creating pluripotent 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. Her emotional resignation letter was posted on RIKEN's website on December 19 alongside results of the organization's own investigation, which failed to confirm her claims of a simple method to create pluripotent stem cells .

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