By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
On Thursday evening, we hosted the tenth instalment of the monthly Science Online NYC (SoNYC) discussion series. For this month’s SoNYC, the topic for debate this month was, “Setting the research record straight.” … Read more
Posted in SpotOn NYC (SoNYC) | Tagged #SoNYC, Ivan Oransky, retractions
By nature.com Communities Team on 21 Mar 2012
Last summer, Science retracted a much-publicized paperon the genetics of longevity by a team of Boston University reasearchers. Outside scientists had raised questions about the validity of conclusion based on multiple types of genotyping platforms used for the study. Read more
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