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Accusations pile up amid Japan’s stem-cell controversy

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Scientists under scrutiny as members of investigating committee are accused of irregularities in their own research.

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  • 08 May 2014

    Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article referred to Tetsuya Taga as the president of Tokyo Medical and Dental University; his title is vice president.

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Cyranoski, D. Accusations pile up amid Japan’s stem-cell controversy. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.15163

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