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Science 16 February 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5814, pp. 928 - 931
DOI: 10.1126/science.315.5814.928
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CELL BIOLOGY:
Cases of Mistaken Identity

Rhitu Chatterjee

For decades, biologists working with contaminated or misidentified cell lines have wasted time and money and produced spurious results; journals and funding agencies say it's not their job to solve this problem. (Read more.)

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