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Researcher admits errors in ‘human skin to embryonic stem cells’ study
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/23/research-admits-errors-in-human-skin-to-embryonic-stem-cells-study/
A blockbuster study in which US researchers reported that they had turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells contained errors, its lead author has acknowledged.
Shoukhrat Mitalipov nevertheless adamantly stood by the conclusions of the study published last week in journal Cell, which reported that human stem cell lines for the first time had been created via cloning.
The journal Nature contacted Mitalipov after an anonymous online critic on PubPeer spotted four separate problems in the paper.
In an interview with Nature, Mitalipov confirmed that three errors were made in the rush to publish — but denied the fourth issue raised was an error and said the overall conclusions were unaffected.