Correction: US-SCI–Stem Cells story

NEW YORK (AP) — On Jan. 29, The Associated Press reported on two research papers published in the journal Nature that said a simple lab treatment could turn ordinary cells from mice into stem cells. On July 2, in a statement released by the journal, the Japanese and U.S. scientists withdrew the papers, citing “extensive” errors in their published work.

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