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The lemon juice -> stem cells thing: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/01/29/268171016/a-little-acid-turns-mouse-blood-into-brain-heart-and-stem-cel
by tantalor 10y ago
The lemon juice -> stem cells thing:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/01/29/268171016/a-little-acid-turns-mouse-blood-into-brain-heart-and-stem-cells http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/01/29/26817101...
And a critique:
https://researchtheheadlines.org/2014/02/10/how-not-to-report-a-major-discovery-in-stem-cell-science/ https://researchtheheadlines.org/2014/02/10/how-not-to-repor...
- mcguire 10y agoTrue, I referred to the description in the popular press. :-) On the other hand, the more nuanced versions appeared breathlessly in all of the scientific news outlets I frequented at the time it was published. As a complete non-biologist, it definitely sounded too good to be true; I was unsurprised when it was retracted a few months later, even without knowing all the antics involved.