The Final Word on STAP

Researchers fail to replicate STAP study; computational analysis reveals genomic inconsistency

abstract green imageDBMI's Peter Park, HMS associate professor of biomedical informatics and co-senior author on a pair of papers in the September 24 Nature, developed a set of algorithmic tools to analyze the genomic data from the original controversial STAP study.

Story by David Cameron appears in HMS News.

Failure to replicate the STAP cell phenomenon. De Los Angeles et al. Nature Sep 24;525(7570):E6-9. DOI: 10.1038/nature15513

Hallmarks of pluripotency. De Los Angeles et al. Nature 2015 Sep 24;525(7570):469-78. DOI: 10.1038/nature15515