Eight years after the scientists of South Korean stem cells were exposed in one of the greatest scientific fraud ever, a document claims to have reached their faked work is itself under investigation.
Last week, a group led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton reported in Cell he had used cloning to produce stem cells customized human embryonic (hESC). The news was widely covered (including Science ) Woo-Suk Hwang and his team claimed to have established hESC individually adapted by cloning skin cells. The report, in Science , soon unraveled when it was found that the team had manipulated images and faked data.
After the report last week, a commentator on PubPeer, a website dedicated to postpublication peer review, alleged several cases of 'picture reuse "in the Cell paper. The speaker also noted that "in the document, it says that the journal Cell has accepted this article only 4 days after the presentation."
The claims image inconsistencies were enough to pique the concern of the journal. "I can confirm that our editorial team evaluates the allegations in the room PubPeer" writes Cell spokeswoman Mary Beth O'Leary in an e-mail to Science Insider. "I'll come back to you as soon as they have fully investigated the allegations in PubPeer"
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