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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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The product of switched samples?
Does "the product of switched samples" mean "the product of different samples (another co-author has substituted/switched the samples with other samples)"?
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A co-author on two controversial papers claiming a new kind of embryonic-like stem cell has presented genetic data showing that the cells used to make the claim were not what they were said to be. The finding was supported by a second source, which suggested that cells made with so-called stimulus triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) were probably nothing more than normal embryonic stem cells, possibly the product of switched samples.
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A co-author on two controversial papers claiming a new kind of embryonic-like stem cell has presented genetic data showing that the cells used to make the claim were not what they were said to be. The finding was supported by a second source, which suggested that cells made with so-called stimulus triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) were probably nothing more than normal embryonic stem cells, possibly the product of switched samples.
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NL888 Does "the product of switched samples" mean "the product of different samples (another co-author has substituted/switched the samples with other samples)"? It does not say who switched them.
- NL888 Does "the product of switched samples" mean "the product of different samples (another co-author has substituted/switched the samples with other samples)"?
- It does not say who switched them.
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NL888Does "the product of switched samples" mean "the product of different samples (another co-author has substituted/switched the samples with other samples)"?It does not say who switched them.
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The experiment which claimed a new type of stem cell has been refuted, and implies that there was an experimental error with handling the samples. Sloppy procedures or outright fraud?
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