Back in May there was a lot of talk about a paper from a Korean scientist that claimed he was able to make stem cells tailored to match an individual for the first time…The paper was published in the journal Science.
“The resultant cells were a perfect match for the individual and could mean treatments for diseases like diabetes without problems of rejection”, a BBC News article said.
From the BBC:
Now, the Korean scientist is retracting his paper.
Scientist of landmark paper on stem cells urges retraction
Two colleagues said data were misleading
By Gareth Cook
‘After analyzing the data, our team concluded that the results . . . could not be trusted,” Hwang wrote in a note delivered to Science. The note was read to journalists at a press conference yesterday.
Read the article via Boston Globe here.