That's an interesting case of two timelines. The first one is that of quick publishing, the second one is that of slow checking.
Errors happen, foul play has been flagged before. Bu the longer it takes to check it, the more piles up. Slow science has its values 🧪
Daniel Lucas
"Hundreds of scientists who study cancer and aging have made an easily avoidable but significant mistake, deploying the wrong antibody to test for a key protein..." By Mitch Leslie @science.org; originally reported by Sholto David
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Cancer and cell aging studies may have relied on antibodies to incorrect molecule