Riken admits malpractice in STAP papers

Riken admits malpractice in STAP papers

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoji Noyori (2nd from R), Nobel Prize laureate and president of the government-affiliated Riken institute, and other institute officials apologize during a press conference in Tokyo on March 14, 2014, to provide an interim report on the institute's investigation into allegations concerning two recent papers on potentially groundbreaking stem cell research. Riken admitted that the papers on so-called STAP cells show aspects of serious malpractice.

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