Japan’s scientists: just 14% female
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Just one-seventh of scientists in Japan are female — the lowest rate of any developed nation — despite being a record high for the country, government figures show....
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Riken panel mulls steps to prevent misconduct
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles The state-backed Riken research institute on Thursday held the first meeting of a panel set up to explore ways to prevent research data from being falsified as alleged...
Cellules souches : une affaire de fraude scientifique
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles Une chercheuse japonaise est soupçonnée d’avoir falsifié des résultats présentés dans la revue « Nature ». See on www.lemonde.fr
Academic entrepreneurs to test cancer therapy using iPS cells
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles KYOTO–A new venture capital company spun off from Kyoto University is attempting to develop a cancer therapy that uses induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells to rejuvenate debilitated immune...
Stem-cell row ‘a blow for science’
See on Scoop.it – Dernières nouvelles National The finding that a lead researcher falsified data in a widely heralded stem-cell research paper is a setback for Japan’s efforts to promote its advanced research, but...