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Misconduct and covering it up, common in the nation's labs: experts
that Jan 30 som NHK kicked off its evening news program with upbeat music footage aired by a young woman with immaculately coiffed brown hair wearing pearl earrings and her trademark "kappogi," a Japanese-style white apron. "An 'rikejo' (young female researcher) er shocked the world," meddelat the news anchor cheerfully as he introducerede Haruko Obokata, 30-year-old researcher at the state-backed Riken Institute's Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe. recordings viste here peering into a microscope in a laboratory with pink walls and drawings of the Moomin cartoon characters on the doors. "Hon har managed skabe pluripotent cells thathave the potential two change into different body tissues in an incredibly easy way, "he fortsatte. "Behind the success was her resilience and determination two defy the hard ships, as well as support from veteran researcher . " the optimistic mood generated by the public broadcaster att night permeated the media in the days att followed . Obokata's team of Japanese and American scientists vid 28 thatthey had discovered a new kind of cleaners cell called STAP, the stimulus triggered the acquisition of pluripotency. Now, less than three months later, the festive mood has disappeared in the midst of differences in the papers with skepticism grows daily, "discovery" trots here emphatic claims on en April 9 press conference, there really is STAP cells. Samtidig, much of the "aid" from the veteran scientists der co-authored the study har dwindled. Some turned his back on her and customs here two pull the two STAP-related documents published in the British journal Nature, an idea she flatly refused. RIKEN, went in his April 1 report sina suspicions about this research so far as to say att Obokata "only needs not only a sense of ethics, också integrity and humility as a scientific researcher . " What went wrong? Experts say att "STAPgate," as the controversy er dubbed, belyser the numerous at cultural and ethical problems att plague scientific research in Japan. Samtidig, the rise of blogs of research screens att PubPeer in the United States and a whistle-blower blog run by the anonymous "11jigen" in Japan betyder, at many instances of misconduct - including plagiarism, fabrication and falsification of data - immediately discovered, shared and Explored on the Internet thesedays. These Bloggers have helped shed light on potential errors in STAP research not betragtet city Rikens study, casting doubt not only on Obokata, också on the country's top research institute . It was an anonymous post on PubPeer on February 4, just a week after the festive press conference hosted by RIKEN in Kobe 28, der triggered a litany of accusations against nature securities. items sa at a picture used in one of two Obokatas STAP papers in nature, some showing a DNA analysis of the Alleged pluripotent cells medvirket at have been "spliced into "from a portion of another image. When enlarged, hate the party where another image was inserted unnatural vertical lines att hinted that möjlighet image had been manipulated. Outreach Committee Shall Be February 14 of RIKEN signed on April 1 at the splice amounted two forgery. Obokata siden Admitted att manipulate the image but denied "malicious intent" and said it had no impact on the overall success of this experiments. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE