National / Science & Health Oct 12, 2016
Todai biomedical research fraud probe seen pointing to wider misconduct
by Tomoko Otake
The so-called STAP scandal of 2014 unleashed the power of anonymous online whistleblowers, who exposed falsified data in what had been hailed as groundbreaking stem cell research by the Riken institute and brought down its star scientist, Haruko Obokata. While the scandal — which resulted ...