Correction to: Cell Death & Disease https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-025-07663-4, published online 24 April 2025

We identified an inadvertent error in Figure 4E (colony formation assay), where an incorrect image was used (see attached Errata Image Description). This appears to have occurred during image cropping and pasting, and was not intentional. We retrieved the original raw images (attached as Raw Image) to confirm the integrity of our data.

The specific reason: We used Photoshop to crop the original image and then copied and pasted it. Unfortunately, during the copy-paste process, part of the image was additionally copied and placed at the top layer, causing the original image to be obscured by the extra copy. In other words, the true clone-formed image resided at the bottom layer, which was obscured by the extra copy, resulting in the final output image appearing as if the image had been reused.

Original Figure 4

Amended Figure 4

The original article has been corrected.