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What is the most shameful incident in science history? | Munipalli akshay paul |

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This is one of my favorites Her name is Haruko Obokata, in 2014 at  Riken  Center for Developmental Biology, she made headlines in Japan when she discovered a way to turn any body cell back to embryonic stem cells state by just soaking the cell into a weak bath of citric acid, basically producing 'pluripotent' stem cells; cells with the ability to develop into almost any cell type in the body called  stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency  (STAP), the application for this discovery was huge and could save many lives. Obokata became an instant celebrity and the pride of Japan. Because she was a woman, young and charming, the press was increíble and people were wondering when she was getting the Noble Prize, but when the news was published by Nature, scientists around the world started to question the discovery and it was later discovered that everything was a total LIE. Man, all hell broke loose and the press went really hard on her and her team for the fraud ...

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