TOKYO: Researchers in Japan have been unable to replicate experiments that were hailed earlier this year as a “game-changer” in the quest to grow transplant tissue, amid claims evidence was faked, a report said.
In a scandal that rocked Japan’s scientific establishment, Riken – a research institute that sponsored the study – launched an independent experiment in April to verify research published by scientist Haruko Obokata and her colleagues.
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