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Japanese scientist stripped of doctorate over stem cell scandal
Haruko Obokata 32 drew intense media scrutiny after failing to reproduce the results of what was once billed as a ground breaking study on stem cells
Top Japan lab dismisses controversial stem cell study
The revelations come a week after a young researcher at the center of the scandal which has rocked the country s scientific establishment said she will resign after failing to reproduce the study s results
Japanese scientist resigns over stem cell scandal
Her resignation comes as Japan s Riken Institute formally announces that so called STAP cells cannot be recreated apparently drawing a line under the controversial study
Japan lab cannot repeat ground-breaking cell finding – reports
The government backed Riken Institute will announce that so called STAP cells cannot be reproduced writing the embarrassing final chapter of a study published in the journal Nature but later withdrawn
Neuroscientists say it's possible to overwrite bad memories
Emotions connected to memories can be rewritten making bad events in the past seem better and good things appear worse scientists say
Japan lab unable to replicate 'stem cell' findings
UPDATED The struggle to replicate the experiment casts further doubt on the existence of stem cell like cells what the researchers called Stimulus Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency STAP cells
Japan institute may retract 'game-changing' cell study: reports
At issue are allegations that researchers used erroneous image data – crucial to supporting the study – which resembled those used in the 2011 dissertation
Stem cell scientist calls for retraction of study
The study faced hard questions as the Japanese research institute that sponsored the study probed into the credibility of the study data
