STAP Papers Retracted

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The pair of Nature papers published in January that purported to show how to generate embryonic stem cell-like cells using stimuli like low pH has been retracted by the journal.

The retraction notice from Riken's Haruko Obokata and her colleagues says that "[s]everal critical errors have been found in our Article and Letter" and that a subsequent investigation of those errors by Riken found evidence of research misconduct.