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Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子) posts dubious STAP cell validation data

Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子) posts dubious STAP cell validation data

Haruko Obokata is most well-known for her role as first author of the now retracted two STAP cell Nature papers. These manuscripts claimed to have made pluripotent and even totipotent stem cells simply by stressing cells out with acid treatment or in other ways. Nobody else could get this method to work to create the so-called STAP cells.

It was an all around scientific disaster and I don’t know…

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Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子) launches new website with STAP claims

Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子) launches new website with STAP claims

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Even as the book of Haruko Obokata (小保方 晴子) is fading in popularity on Amazon Japan, there is some other news with her as she has launched a new website.

The website, STAP Hope Page, seems to often not work now, but you can also see it here via Wayback Machine.

Hat tip to several readers and people on Twitter including Buvery and Bob Geller.

JIJI Press has confirmedthat…

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