Do You Believe in STAP Stem Cells: Poll #8
Month: April 2014
Poll #7 on STAP cells shows little change with few believers in Japan
Since the STAP Nature papers were published, I’ve been doing a non-scientific Internet poll on the general level of “belief” in STAP. Poll #7 has now closed with 930 votes and a fairly steady level of skepticism for the last month or so. Poll#7 results from amongst Japanese respondents (7J) shows almost nobody in Japan …
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Obokata STAP news conference: thoughts, questions & open discussion
Dr. Haruko Obokata held a news conference today in Japan about the STAP cell controversy. It was very painful to watch. I’m a softy so at moments I felt somewhat sad for her as I watched, but as a scientist I have to say the STAP situation has been very bad for the stem cell …
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STAP April Update: Super Stressful on All Fronts
What’s going on with the STAP cell situation now that it is into its third month? It’s getting worse instead of better or clearer, at least in part due to RIKEN’s incomplete investigation. What’s going on with STAP? New RIKEN Press Conference RIKEN reportedly held an odd sort of limited press conference today that TJO …
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Wild History of VSELs Predicts Future of STAP Cells?
Very small embryonic-like stem cells aka VSELs are reported to be tiny adult stem cells that are pluripotent or non-existent depending on whom you talk to most recently or which paper you just read. These very controversial cells (which I once compared to the Sasquatch) have a wildly fluctuating history with their existence on multiple occasions …
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Interview with Tory Williams of Amazing Alabama Institute of Medicine (AIM)
The Alabama Institute of Medicine (AIM) is one of the great success stories in the stem cell research field. It’s an extraordinary achievement as a state stem cell agency. Below I’ve interviewed one of AIM’s founders and its Vice President, Tory Williams. Above you can see a picture of Tory with Roman Reed at the …
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Dr. Lee STAP Result, Hyped by Media, in Proper Context
Yesterday was a crazy day for the STAP cell situation. We had RIKEN releasing a scathing internal investigatory report and then some folks in the media got all worked up about a single PCR assay result that Dr. Ken Lee posted on ResearchGate. Some of the reporters/science writers hyped their headlines/articles on this situation as though …
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STAP Cell Poll #6 Results
STAP poll #6 polling results on STAP are about the same as the last couple weeks with most folks still leaning negative, but not quite as negative as in week #4. The poll question is “Do you believe in STAP cells?” We had more than 600 respondents for #6. Keep in mind this polling is …
RIKEN Report Is Virtual Acid Bath of Criticism for Obokata
RIKEN Institute in Japan has formally announced the complete findings of its investigation into the STAP cell research, Haruko Obokata, and Nature papers. RIKEN almost entirely blamed Obokata for the STAP mess in this report and they didn’t mince words. The RIKEN report alleged that Obokata had engaged in two instances of “research misconduct” as …
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