01/05/03

Biologist quits editorial board over cloning paper

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<p>Stem-cell pioneer John Gearhart has resigned from the editorial board of the biomedical journal that last month published a controversial paper claiming the creation of the first cloned human embryos.<BR><BR>Gearhart, a biologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says that in agreeing to publish the work, the journal had failed to uphold scientific standards.<BR><BR>He argues that the research — conducted by the US company Advanced Cell Technology and published in the 26 November issue of the online journal <em>e-biomed: The Journal of Regenerative Medicine</em> — is lacking in several important respects. <BR><BR>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 414, 570 (2001)<BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v414/n6864/full/414570a_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full text</A></p>

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Stem-cell pioneer John Gearhart has resigned from the editorial board of the biomedical journal that last month published a controversial paper claiming the creation of the first cloned human embryos.

Gearhart, a biologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, says that in agreeing to publish the work, the journal had failed to uphold scientific standards.

He argues that the research — conducted by the US company Advanced Cell Technology and published in the 26 November issue of the online journal e-biomed: The Journal of Regenerative Medicine — is lacking in several important respects.

Reference: Nature 414, 570 (2001)

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