ILEA000123901: Data manipulation at Japan's top stem cell research lab

Data manipulation at Japan's top lab

Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher and head of Kyoto University's iPS Cell Research and Application, attends a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 22, 2018. He apologized for the actions of a member of his staff, who fabricated data in a paper on stem cells. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Data manipulation at Japan's top lab

Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel Prize-winning stem cell researcher and head of Kyoto University's iPS Cell Research and Application, bows at a press conference in Kyoto on Jan. 22, 2018. He was apologizing for the actions of a member of his staff, who fabricated data in a paper on stem cells. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Omura donates research equipment

Photo taken Dec. 6, 2015, shows research equipment, including a petri dish (below), and other items donated by Japanese biologist Satoshi Omura, jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. Omura and two scientists from Ireland and China were awarded for their discoveries concerning therapies against parasitic diseases. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Embattled stem cell researcher to be stripped of doctorate

Photo shows Haruko Obokata, a former researcher at the heart of a data fabrication scandal surrounding what was initially seen as a groundbreaking stem cell discovery. It was reported on Oct. 30, 2015, that Waseda University is set to revoke the doctoral degree of the former Riken researcher, as she failed to correct her 2011 thesis within a one-year deadline given to her in October 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nobel laureate Yamanaka speaks in interview

Shinya Yamanaka, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his advanced research on induced pluripotent stems cells and head of the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application at Kyoto University, speaks to Kyodo News in Kyoto, western Japan, on March 26, 2015. Yamanaka said the center is undertaking studies to expand the application of iPS cells to more general medical treatments. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Univ. team to test robot's ability to help developmentally disabled children

Photo taken March 24, 2015, in Nagoya shows a humanoid robot. A research team composed of universities based in the central Japanese city said it will begin an experiment in April to see if children with developmental disabilities such as autism and Asperger's syndrome can improve their communication skills and motivation to learn by taking care of the robot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Univ. team to test robot's ability to help developmentally disabled children

Photo taken March 24, 2015, in Nagoya shows a humanoid robot. A research team composed of universities based in the central Japanese city said it will begin an experiment in April to see if children with developmental disabilities such as autism and Asperger's syndrome can improve their communication skills and motivation to learn by taking care of the robot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Data manipulation at Japan's top stem cell research lab

Photo taken Jan. 22, 2018, shows the building that houses the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application of Kyoto University, Japan's top stem cell research facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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