Scientist Quits Effort To Live-Blog Stem Cell Generation

Posted by timothy on Saturday April 5, 2014 @01:04AM from the hard-to-perform-for-an-audience dept.

According to reader sciencehabit (1205606), Kenneth Ka-Ho Lee, the embryologist who has been live-blogging his attempt to reproduce a new kind of stem cells, has given up, writing on this Research Gate page, "I don't think STAP cells exist and it will be a waste of manpower and research funding to carry on with this experiment any further." From the linked article: "Though he is giving up, he hopes others will continue to investigate whether the new approach – which has dogged by controversy and claims of research misconduct — can really lead to stem cells."

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Re:Sad To Hear. by kruach+aum · 2014-04-05 01:19 · Score: 5, Informative

No, what he's given up on is trying to replicate dubious results allegedly obtained by others. In other words, by giving up he has significantly contributed to stem cell research.