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Two papers were retracted from Nature and Science on April 11, one from each journal, reports Retraction Watch. The University of Bristol investigated the first author Abderrahmane Kaidi for research misconduct and the University of Cambridge launched a separate investigation, both finding malfeasance.
The Nature paper titled “KAT5 tyrosine phosphorylation couples chromatin sensing to ATM signalling” was published in 2013. The Science paper titled “Human SIRT6 promotes DNA end resection through CtIP deacetylation” appeared in 2010.
The last author on both papers was Steve Jackson of the University of Cambridge. The university and Jackson first notified Science of the investigation into research misconduct in August 2018. Science’s retraction notice says, “After an investigation, the University of Cambridge has concluded that there was falsification of research data used in the Report.” Nature’s retraction notice states that the authors are retracting ...
