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The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature in the global media:
12 October 2017
- Press release in English, Dutch, German from Radboud University and the Faculty of Science (and English).
- EurekAlert, “The Ghosts of HeLa”, press alert, repost, “The Ghosts of HeLa”, TechSite.
- The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature | Science Codex, newzeb.com (news site, copied).
13 October 2017
- Tim van Ham, Nijmeegse publicatie: ‘Verkeerde cellen in 30.000 onderzoeken’, Vox (Radboud University newspaper).
- RTL nieuws, Duizenden medische publicaties gebaseerd op onderzoek verkeerde cellen (online news message).
- Overgenomen door WaarMaarRaar.nl nieuwssite.
- „Duizenden wetenschappelijke artikelen gebaseerd op verkeerde cellen”, Reformatorisch Dagblad (online 13 Oct 2017).
- ‘Publicaties over huidkanker gingen over muizenstaartcellen’, Omroep Gelderland (online 13 Oct 2017).
- Nieuws&Co, 33.000 biomedische artikelen gaan over verkeerde cellen, NPO radio 1, 17.35-17.43.
- Nijmegen Nieuws, Zeker dertigduizend biomedische publicaties gaan over de verkeerde cellen (news digest online).
- Other blogs and online news media: ScienceNewsLine, Phys.Org (echoed by other blogs), drimble.nl.
- HP De Tijd (ANP), ‘Duizenden artikelen over verkeerde cellen’, magazine website.
- ‘Duizenden publicaties over verkeerde cellen’, zorg.nu (AVROTROS site, from ANP).
- Ghosts of HeLa: How Cell Line Misidentification Contaminates Scientific Literature, LaboratoryEquipment.com.
14 October 2017
- NOS, Onderzoek met dubieuze cellen vertraagt wetenschappelijk onderzoek,
- Maarten Keulemans, Voor dit onderzoek zijn de verkeerde cellen gebruikt: Contaminatie van cellijnen zorgt voor foute resultaten, Volkskrant, p.44-46 (online 13 Oct, print 14/15 Oct). Reprinted in Belgium by De Morgen.
- Blogs and internet media: Robert Scott, The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature, Gears of Biz.
16 October 2017
- Internet media: Bionity.com (and German), ChemEurope.com (and German), BioPortfolio.com.
- Kerry Grens, Papers Based on Misidentified Cell Lines Top 32,000, The Scientist (online).
- Maggie O’Neill, More than 30,000 scientific studies could be WRONG due to widespread cell contamination dating back 60 years, new report warns, Daily Mail online.
- Arjen Dijkgraaf, HeLa, dat zijn helemaal de verkeerde cellen, C2W (magazine of KNCV, Dutch chemistry society), copied by Medicinesonline.nl.
- Peter Dockrill, Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells. This is very, very bad., ScienceAlert, copied by news-falls.com
- Over 30,000 published studies could be wrong due to contaminated cells, News.am (Armenian news site).
- ‘Zeker 30 000 biomedische publicaties over verkeerde cellen’, Engineersonline.com, Dutch engineering news site.
- NRIN, New research article about contamination of the scientific literature, Netherlands Research Integrity Network, news section.
- Over 30,000 published studies could be wrong due to contaminated cells, sciencetrend.org, science news site (also on sciencefactz.com, science beast.com, science alarm.com).
17 October 2017
- Biodiscover.com, 大问题！3万余篇已发表文章认错细胞系，你是否中招? and kknews.cc, Jintiankasa.me, MedSci.cn, Read01.com (Chinese science/news sites).
- Hơn 30.000 nghiên cứu y khoa có thể bị hủy vì sử dụng sai tế bào, baomoi.com (Vietnamese news site).
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Загрязнение культур ставит под сомнение результаты 30 тысяч исследований, lvrach.ru (Russian news site).
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RESULTS OF OVER 30,000 PUBLISHED STUDIES COULD BE WRONG, WSTale.com (news site, copied from Daily Mail).
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Cancer : De quelles erreurs parle-t-on au juste ?, French news site.
- Cellules contaminées : Cette étude hollandaise invalide plus de 30 000 publications scientifiques !, French news site.
- 30,000 Scientific Papers May Be Unreliable, Thanks To Cell Line Contamination, iflscience.com news site.
- Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells, Grendz news site.
- 又是错认细胞系！3万余篇论文俱阵亡, feero.cc, Chinese science news site. (Looks like a good article, if you read Chinese.)
18 October 2017
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“생의학 데이터 오류, 3만여개 논문에 영향” (“Biomedical data error influencing more than 30.000 papers”), The Science Times (Korean science news site).
- Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells, Slashdot.org (online news site, from sciencealert.com), copied by NEUZD.com, copied by dbxnetwork.com, and truthmovementnews.com.
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3万+份已发表的研究成果都是无效的, mmwen.cn and lascn.net (Chinese news sites).
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大问题！3万余篇已发表文章认错细胞系，你是否中招？, wanhuajing.com.
- RECOMMENDED: Bazian, Thousands of studies could be flawed due to contaminated cells, NHS Choices, UK National Health Service media comments.
- Tim van Ham, Nijmeegse onderzoekers: Verkeerde cellen gebruikt in 33.000 onderzoeken, De Gelderlander (republication of the Vox article).
- Chelle Ann Fuertes, Dutch Cell Culture Contamination Renders Six-decades Worth of Studies False, EdgyLabs.com, science news site.
- Isabelle Z., Bad science warning: More than 30,000 studies may have been compromised by contaminated cell lines used for decades, Natural News (alternative medicine news site).
- The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature, iranmentors.ir. (Iranian news site.)
- A lot of exciting medical “discoveries” may be false, Bayou Renaissance Man, blog.
- Scientists can’t do science, Vox Popoli blog.
- La validité de 33.000 études scientifiques publiées est compromise par des cellules contaminées, Ulyces.co – French news site, copies other site.
- 3万+份已发表的研究成果都是无效的, pharmacodia.com (Chinese pharma news site).
19 October 2017
- Maggie O’Neill, New report warns: More than 30,000 scientific studies could be wrong due to widespread cell contamination dating back 60 years, sott.net. (Signs of the Times news site, republication of the Daily Mail article).
- PLoS ONE：HeLa细胞幽灵—细胞系污染导致大约3.3万名论文存在问题, bioon.com, Chinese biomedical research news site.
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汚染細胞により3万件を超える生物医学の研究が無効になる可能性, Japanese news site.
- Tristan Greene, ‘Immortal cells’ harvested in 1951 destroyed decades of medical research, The Next Web, news site and ReleaseSoon.com and WBcomdesigns.com, Othersopinion.com and webrok.com.Copied as 1951年获得的“永生细胞”摧毁了数十年的医学研究成果, baozouweilai.com and myzaker.com, cnBeta.com, 188cf.net, and read01.com, GoRead.com, Ygtijan.com (Chinese science/news sites.)
- ‘Immortal cells’ harvested in 1951 destroyed decades of medical research, news.in, Indian news site, copied from The Next Web.
20 October 2017
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Alison McCook, Estimate: Nearly 33,000 papers include misidentified cell lines. Experts talk ways to combat growing problem, Retraction Watch, science blog & newsletter.
- Ilpo Pajunen, Huolestuttava tieto: Lääketieteellistä tutkimusta tehdään usein saastuneilla, joskus jopa väärillä soluilla, yle.fi, Finnish Broadcasting Company.
(copied by peda.net). - Over 30,000 Published Studies Could Be Wrong Due to Contaminated Cells, AnCaps blog.
- RECOMMENDED: John Timmer, 50-year-old research issue still biting biologists, ArsTechnica.com (sci/tech news site).
- RECOMMENDED: Derek Lowe, Bad Cells. So Many Bad Cells, Science: Translational Medicine, editorial, blogs.sciencemag.org.
- Marc van Impe, Onthullende ontdekking: contaminatie van cellijnen zorgt sinds jaren voor foute resultaten, De Imperatief, Belgian blog for doctors.
- 1951年获得的“永生细胞”摧毁了数十年的医学研究成果, cnblogs.com, Chinese blog. Also on cnbeta.com.
21 October 2017
- 大问题！3万余篇已发表文章认错细胞系，你是否中招？, jintiankansha.me,Chinese news site.
- 永生细胞”摧毁了数十年的医学研究成果, kuaibao.com, Chinese news site.
- Universiteit Nijmegen: Zeker dertigduizend biomedische publicaties gaan over de verkeerde cellen, sin-nl.org, NL blog.
- ‘Immortal cells’ harvested in 1951 destroyed decades of medical research, techgig.com.
- 50-year-old research issue still biting biologists, nairobihub.com, Kenyan tech news site, sjerc.com (see John Timmer on ArsTechnica 20 Oct), Gamingbad.com.
- Biomedizinischer Super-GAU? Kontaminierte Zelllinien kompromittieren mehr als 30.000 Studien, RT.Deutsch.com (Russia Today online), copied by techseite.com.
- CBC News, How mixed-up cell lines are contaminating science, CBC.ca (Canadian national broadcasting service, online).
22 October 2017
- Adi, How mixed-up cell lines are contaminating science, sofarnews.com and dailycelebgossip.co (from CBC.ca 21 Oct.).
- 永生细胞”摧毁了数十年的医学研究成果, noobnews.com (Chinese).
23 October 2017
- Significant Amount of Medical Literature Contaminated With Misidentified Cells (interview with Serge Horbach), medicalresearch.com (researcher interview site).
- 50-year-old analysis situation nonetheless biting biologists, Zonamya.com online mag, kopitiambot.com, trueviralnews.com (from arstechnica.com).
- 30,000 Scientific Papers May Be Unreliable, Thanks To Cell Line Contamination, cancerhelpinformation.com.
- Cells of Something Else, Genomeweb.com (reporting on Derek Lowe, 20 Oct), news site for genetics.
- Zehntausende Fachartikel basieren auf kontaminierten Zelllinien, Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung Online, DAZ.online, referring to Retraction Watch.
- 梳理近期那些不靠谱的研究, bioon.com. Chines science site. Our paper tops a list of recently discovered systematic error in biomedicine.
- Relatório sobre 32.755 artigos de pesquisa: apoiados em linhagem celular mal identificadas!, Desafiando a nomenklatura cientifica, pos-darwinists.blogspot.nl, website, copied English abstract into Portuguese, copied by cvvnet.org (Brazilian church site).
24 October 2017
- 梳理近期那些不靠谱的研究, med.sina.com and antpedia.com, Chinese science news site.
- Over 30,000 cases of cell contamination found in decades of medical research, news–site.com, Coal River news site (copied, reference to other site).
- Hylom, 細胞株の汚染、3万件を超える生物医学関連研究の結果に影響？, science.srad.jp, Japanase tech news site; also on excite.co.jp.
- Kanazi Garari, Grave error during major researches, Deccan Chronicle. (Indian English-language newspaper), online?
25 October 2017
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Más de 30.000 estudios científicos se basan en células erróneas, tecnoxplora.com, Spanish science/tech site.
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Peter Dockrill, Ponad 30.000 opublikowanych badań może być błędne z powodu zanieczyszczonych komórek, szczepienia.wybudzeni.com, Polish news site or blog? (translated from English).
26 October 2017
- Hannah Smith, Identification of contaminated cells impacts decades of research, The Student, student newspaper.org.
- Justin Brown, Over 30,000 scientific studies could be wrong, according to a shocking new report, ideapod.com, blog.
27 October 2017
- 「永生HeLa細胞」摧毀了數十年的醫學研究, hk.epochtimes.com, Hong Kong version of international newspaper.
29 October 2017
- Some 30,000 biomedical publications report on misidentified cells, keerzijde.org (reissued news on website)
- MNOGA OTKRIĆA PADAJU U VODU: Kako su „besmrtne ćelije“ probudile sumnju u nauku…, slobodna-bosna.ba, Bosnian news site.
30 October 2017
- Recommended: Victoria Tan, Cellular controversy – when ignorance is not bliss, today.mims.com (Malaysian research news site).
- Over 30,000 published articles have mistaken cell lines. What about yours?, en-cphi.cn, Chinese pharma industry site. (from biodiscover.com, 17 Oct.)
- Katarina Stekić, 30.000 naučnih radova potencijalno nevalidno, ustanovljeno da su tokom njihove izrade korišćene ćelije nepoznatog identiteta, hr.sott.net (Croatioan Sign of the Times news site, see 19 Oct.).
- From: Katarina Stekić, OTKRIĆA: Ćelije neproverenog identiteta, Elementarium.cpn.rs (in Croatian).
31 October 2017
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3万余篇已发表文章认错细胞系，你是否中招？, pinlue.com, Chinese news site.
3 November 2017
- Cellijnen verkeerd in veel publicaties, Pharmaceutisch Weekblad (short news message).
5 November 2017
- Divya Narasimhan, The ghosts of immortal cells: how misidentified cells contaminate scientific literature, Biotech.Asia, biotech news site.
20 November 2017
- H. Toni Jun,
25 November 2017
- Huang Sipei, 你真的知道了解自己在用什么细胞株吗？存在已久的细胞株误用问题影响与解决方法, TechNews.cn (Chinese technology and science news site).
Copied on: TechNews.tw (Taiwan).
19 December 2017
- Victoria Tan, Kontroversi seluler – saat kelalaian merupakan akar segala permasalahan, Mims.com, Indonesian science news site (copied from Malaysian site 30 Oct.)
27 December 2017
- Recommended: Jon Stone/Jude, Netherlands University Researchers Question Validity of More Than 30,000 Published Scientific Studies; Findings Have Implications for Medical Laboratories, DarkDaily (clinical labs and pathology news site).
8 January 2018
- Mentioned as important event in 2017 in the News Year’s speech by the chair of the Board of Directors of RU, Daniël Wigboldus.
- Kanaga Arul Nambi Rajan, Contaminated Cells, Contaminated Literature, Biotechniques (Int’l Journal of Life Science Methods), news section.
19 January 2018
- Klintsy J. Torres, The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature, Bioseguridad Biológico, Mexican science blog.
February 2018
- Horbach, S.P.J.M., E.I.H. van der Voort, W. Halffman (2018), Hoeveel cellen met het verkeerde etiket dolen er nog rond?, Analyse, 73(1), p6-7.
15 February 2018
- ‘Immortal cells’ harvested in 1951 destroyed decades of medical research‘, Technews science blog.
8 March 2018
- Neha C.V. , Aggressive cell contaminants and subsequent misidentification of cell lines may have rendered the results of 30,000 (and counting) studies wrong, The Wire, Indian on-line news site.
1 April 2018
- Allergies & Your Gut, What We Think We Know in Medical Science May Be Based on Faulty Information, sceptical science blog.
12 May 2018
- Sigma Aldrich, Common Cell Culture Problems: Cell Line Cross-Contamination and Misidentification (Company website).
Willem Halffman 