Yoshiki Sasai co-wrote papers on stap cells that were published in journal Nature but later withdrawn amid claims of fakery A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Yoshiki Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. Hyogo prefectural police said Sasai, 52, was found on Tuesday at the government-affiliated science institute Riken, in Kobe, western Japan....
Yoshiki Sasai co-wrote papers on stap cells that were published in journal Nature but later withdrawn amid claims of fakery A senior Japanese scientist embroiled in a stem-cell research scandal has been found dead in an apparent suicide. Yoshiki Sasai had supervised and co-authored stem cell research papers that had to be retracted due to falsified contents. Hyogo prefectural police said Sasai, 52, was found on Tuesday at the government-affiliated science institute Riken, in Kobe, western Japan....
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