The other day we told you about data falsification and other scientific scandals. Now the world of rogue science has made it to the twitterverse. Check it out: Tweet This Post
The Scientist recently published an article on the Top Science Scandals of 2012. Top scandals included: Professor Eric Smart’s falsification of 45 figures over the course of 10 years A Japanese researcher’s retraction of 172 papers since 1993 A forensic chemist’s forging of thousands of signatures placing 34,000 criminal drug cases at risk Four authors [...]
In a recent paper published in the journal Stem Cells, scientists at UCL have shown that stem cells derived from amniotic fluid may be a potent therapeutic tool in the field of regenerative medicine. For more information see Potential new approach to regenerating skeletal muscle tissue. Tweet This Post
In a paper published yesterday in the journal Developmental Cell, scientists in Manuela Baccarini’s lab at the University of Vienna, describe the involvement of the Raf1 protein kinase in angiogenesis-mediated endothelial cell adhesion. During the process of angiogenesis, endothelial cells migrate as a collective group in order to form new blood vessels. While it is [...]