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1 thought on “Tracking retractions as a window into the scientific process Group retracts microRNA paper after realizing reagent was skewing results”
What should be retracted?
Interesting discussion around this retraction. The results were not fraudulent nor were the observations wrong, but the conclusions had to be refined based on a limitation in the reagent. Should such a thing be retracted? I don't think so. If we had to retract everything that was wrong, we'd have a slim scientific literature indeed. Should it be flagged and annotated? Absolutely! More reason why reagents need careful identification and linking. See a related discussion on Retraction Watch: http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/should-linus-paulings-erroneous-1953-model-of-dna-be-retracted/