STAP cells paper co-author Sasai commits suicide

KOBE, Japan - File photo taken Jan. 28, 2014, in the western Japan city of Kobe shows Yoshiki Sasai (R), deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology, and Riken scientist Haruko Obokata announcing their research on so-called STAP cells. Sasai, a co-author of STAP research papers, committed suicide on Aug. 5 at Riken. Obokata is the lead author of the two controversial papers. (Kyodo)

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