"Stem Cell Meltdown"

[anhinga_anhinga]

http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=stem_cell_meltdown&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

"If the Korean lab can't clone embryonic stem cells from adults, can anybody?"

More on the scandal:

http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2005/12/15/skorea_cell_scientist_faked_results_collaborator/

"Key parts of a landmark paper from South Korea's most renowned stem cell scientist were fabricated and the researcher is seeking to have the work withdrawn, a close collaborator told South Korean media on Thursday."

The above was the first paragraph of this Boston Globe article earlier today, it was rewritten quite a bit since...

Comments

[solomon2.livejournal.com]

>the researcher is seeking to have the work withdrawn

This escapes my understanding. Why would somebody capable of faking the key parts of a paper want to withdraw it afterwards?

[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

apparently some of the co-authors don't believe what they published anymore, and the test results on the cell lines are "strange"...

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_rowan_tree_/]

Куда ты весь разбежался? Я те там еще офф-топных комментов наоставляла в предыдущем посте.

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[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

Как раз "Harry Potter and the Ethics of Teaching and Advising" больше подходит к теме этого постинга :-)

Тем более, вся эта возня со стволовыми клетками и клонирование даже еще больше похожа на магию, чем вся остальная наука :-)

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_rowan_tree_/]

Нет, к этой теме больше всего подходит физика: вычисление траектории гнилых помидоров. Биология нервно курит в коридоре, а этика - какая-такая этика???

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[anhinga-anhinga.livejournal.com]

А у вас можно курить в коридоре? ;-)

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_rowan_tree_/]

У нас нет. Но в Корее-то небось можно :-)