Japan STAP Scandal Shakes Status Of Government-Funded Riken Institute
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
The scandal evolving in Japan around a controversial stem cell study's groundbreaking conclusions is having a negative impact on Riken, the nearly century-old government-funded research institute.
The scandal evolving in Japan around a controversial stem cell study's groundbreaking conclusions is having a negative impact on Riken, the nearly century-old government-funded research institute. Riken's leadership was closely involved in the studies that led to "stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency" with the acronym, "STAP." Now the institute is split over the work of a 20-something researcher under great pressure to succeed, the rift possibly endangering Riken's attempt to be named a special national research and development corporation. (Click here for more - a subscription may be required
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"Scientific 'Paradise' Shaken By STAP Scandal" - Nikkei (Japan) (4/17/2014)