Retraction of: The Potential of Stem Cells in Adult Tissues Representative of the Three Germ Layers,by Obokata H,Kojima K,Westerman K,Yamato M,Okano T,Tsuneda S,Vacanti CA,Tissue Eng 2011;17(5/6):607–615. DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0385

Dr. Charles A. Vacanti, the senior author of the article entitled, “The Potential of Stem Cells in Adult Tissues Representative of the Three Germ Layers,” (vol. 17, nos. 5/6, pages 607–615), published in the March 2011 issue of Tissue Engineering: Part A contacted the Journal to request a formal retraction of the article following an investigation by a Harvard Medical School Committee on Scientific Integrity evaluating a published erratum of the original work presented.

The reader is directed to the published correction notice to the article in 2014. ¹ While the authors maintained that the published erratum was accurate, the committee could not validate the accuracy of the corrections. Consequently, the authors agreed to request a formal retraction.

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