Retraction of: Scientific Reportshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70945-8, published online 21 August 2020
The Editors have retracted this Article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding the data presented in Figs. 4 and 10. Specifically,
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A portion of the micrograph shown in Fig. 4, Control appears to overlap with another portion of the same panel;
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A portion of the micrograph shown in Fig. 4, DMSO appears to overlap with another portion of the same panel;
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A portion of the micrograph shown in Fig. 4, H. HA1 40 μg/mL appears to overlap with another portion of the same panel;
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Two portions of the micrograph shown in Fig. 10, H. HA1 20 μg/mL, when rotated and re-scaled, appear to overlap with two portions of Fig. 5, 1 day TBX in [1]. The two panels represent cells taken from animals which were subject to different conditions and treatments.
The Authors provided some of the original data, but this was insufficient to address the concerns raised. The Editors therefore no longer have confidence in the research presented in this work.
Sabha M. El-Sabbagh, Nasser H. Abbas, Hany S. Ahmed and Doaa M. Abo-Atya do not agree to this retraction. Islam M. El-Garawani did not explicitly say whether they agree or disagree to this retraction. Omaima A. Eissa, Shaden A. M. Khalifa, and Hesham R. El-Seedi did not respond to correspondence from the Editor about this retraction.
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El-Garawani, I.M., El-Sabbagh, S.M., Abbas, N.H. et al. Retraction Note: A newly isolated strain of Halomonas sp. (HA1) exerts anticancer potential via induction of apoptosis and G2/M arrest in hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cell line. Sci Rep 14, 22617 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73028-0
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