April 2016's selection of notable quotes

Social network users rank papers; STAP researcher loses PhD; “tinkering with the fundamentals of life”

Several reports offer an inside look into the stem-cell research controversy.

Ryoji Noyori is stepping down from his post as the leader of the premier Japanese research institute before his tenure expires.

Embryonic stem cells likely mucked up the cultures used in the debunked “stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency” studies.

The stem cell that never was; post-publication peer review website faces legal trouble; biosecurity breaches at federal labs

RIKEN’s Haruko Obokata fails to replicate stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency.

Two coauthors on the now-retracted stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency studies present yet another revision to the published method.

Early versions of two now-retracted stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency studies had been rejected before.  

The Japanese institution will downsize, rename, and relaunch the research center at the heart of the stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency controversy.