Shi V. Liu¡¯s Views on Cloning and Observations on Cloners

(Selected publications; Originally Posted 2007-11-21; Updated 2009-04-23)

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A slap on the face of "Science"

Sci. Ethics 1: 3-7, 2006

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Schatten's misbehavior is more disgusting than Hwang's misconduct

Sci. Ethics 1: 30-32, 2006

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What drives scientists crazy and causes them to misconduct? - The origin and evolution of modern scientific misconduct

Sci. Ethics 1: 53-58, 2006

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¡®Ethical¡¯ stem cells are truly unethical

Sci. Ethics 1: 103-107, 2006

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Increased cloning efficiency over differentiation hierarchy: True paradigm shift or false outlier presentation?

Logical Biol. 6: 110-112, 2006

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Hiding behind a "milestone"

Sci. Ethics 2: 36-37, 2007

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Further arguments against defense for increased cloning efficiency over differentiation hierarchy

Logical Biol. 7: 5-11, 2007

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iPS cells: stem cells induced from terminally differentiated cells or just pre-existing stem cells being detected?

Logical Biol.7: 63-65, 2007

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Stop a fundamental cheating in reporting cloning research

Top Watch 2: 25-27, 2007

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Egg- or- embryo-free creation of patient-specific stem cells from skin cells: Give me a break

Top Watch 2: 37-38, 2007

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Are iPS cells really indistinguishable from ES cells?

Logical Biol.7: 66-68, 2007

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Further comments on the nature of iPS cells

Logical Biol.7: 69-72, 2007

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Rebuttal against an authoritative but ungrounded peer review

Logical Biol.7: 73-75, 2007

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Higher scientific and ethical standard for reporting therapeutic cloning

Top Watch 2: 90-93, 2007

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Can the iPS airplane really fly high in the therapeutic sky?

Logical Biol.7: 84-86, 2007

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Nuclear transplantation-derived embryonic stem cells are distinct from those emerging from fertilization

Logical Biol.7: 91-93, 2007

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Alternative views on the formation of iPS cells

Logical Biol.7: 94-95, 2007

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Induction of pluripotency: Where is the evidence? An open letter to cell and Yamanaka

Top Watch 2: 94-96, 2007

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Western ¡®radars¡¯ should detect Chinese ¡®airplanes¡¯

Top Watch 2: 97-98, 2007

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A real therapeutic stem cell ¡®airplanes¡¯ in China

Top Watch 2: 99-100, 2007

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On Nature¡¯s safety net for crashing iPS airplanes

Top Watch 2:103-104, 2007

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Christmas sale for iPS ¡°airplanes¡±

Top Watch 2: 105-108, 2007

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Invalidating the induction claim and adopting an activation mechanism for stem cells useful for regenerative medicine

Logical Biol.7: 96-99, 2007

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Are iPS cells really induced from differentiated cells?

Logical Biol.8: 1-7, 2008

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Can Yamanaka Explain His Contradictory Statements?

Logical Biol.8: 13-15, 2008

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IPS Cells Are Man-Made Cancer Cells

Logical Biol.8: 16-18, 2008

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Open Letter to Nobel Prize Selection Committee against Awarding Yamanaka and other iPS Cell Researchers

Top Watch 3:1-3, 2008

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Understanding the ¡°Reprogramming¡± Process in ¡°Inducing¡± iPS Cells

Logical Biol.8: 19-22, 2008

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A simple experiment to verify the ¡®direct reprogramming¡¯ claim on iPS cell ¡®induction¡¯

Logical Biol.8: 23-24, 2008

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On the Oct-4 reporting chaos

Logical Biol.8: 25-26, 2008

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Sequential reprogramming of differentiated cells into iPS cells or sequential differentiation of transformed pre-existing stem cells?

Logical Biol.8: 27-29, 2008

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Repeated applications do not validate ¡®induction¡¯ of stem cells by iPS technique

Logical Biol.8: 30-31, 2008

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Towards a Balanced View on iPS Cells

Logical Biol.8: 32-38, 2008

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One Factor Dropped from the 'Inducing' Soup, One Piece of Evidence Added against the 'Induction' Claim

Logical Biol.8: 39-41, 2008

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5 Reasons to Get off the iPS ¡°Airplane¡±

Logical Biol.8: 42-46, 2008

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Re-Learn the Polywater Lesson for iPS Cells

Top Watch 3:7-8, 2008

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iPS Cells and Pseudoscience: a Huge Detour in Stem Cell Research

Top Watch 3:9-11, 2008

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iPS Cells versus ES Cells

Logical Biol.8: 47-48, 2008

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Paying Attention to the Underlying Meaning of Understatements for iPS Cells

Top Watch 3: 12-13, 2008

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Credit for Critics and a Whole Story for iPS Cells

Sci. Ethics 3: 6-7, 2008

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On the Rates of Establishing ntESC and the Hope for Improvements

Logical Biol.8: 49-51, 2008

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Evidence for selection of pre-existing stem cells rather than induction of iPS cells

Logical Biol.8: 52-54, 2008

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iPS Confusion and Clarification

Logical Biol.8: 55-56, 2008

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The Final Blow-up of the Induction and Reprogramming Claim for iPS Cells

Logical Biol.8: 57-61, 2008

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The Real Road Blockers for Patenting iPS Cells

Logical Biol.8:62-67, 2008

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Further Evidence that iPS Cells Are Man-Made Cancer Cells

Logical Biol.8: 66-68, 2008

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iPS Cells: A More Critical Review

Stem Cells and Dev. 17:391-397, 2008

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Getting Safer iPS Cells or Reaching an iPS Dead-End?

Logical Biol.8:82-86, 2008

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Toward a Realistic Re-Assessment of iPSCs

Logical Biol.9:6-7, 2009

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Let Us See How Science Handles Scientific Criticisms

 

Top Watch 3:.43-46, 2008

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Questions Regarding iPSC-based Correction of Hemoph

Top Watch 4:.5-6, 2009

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Reaching a realistic assessment on iPSCs before developing any reasonable consent for iPSCs

Top Watch 4:.7-8, 2009

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Embryonic and adult education on stem cells

Logical Biol.9:8-9, 2009

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Are Generation 2 iPSCs Really Safe?

Logical Biol.9:12-13, 2009

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Comments posted on the following websites:

  1. 2007-11-30 Scientific American ¡°Stem cells ¨C This time without the cancer¡±.
  2. 2007-11-30 Wired Science ¡°Making skin cells into stem cells minus the cancer¡±.
  3. 2007-12-21 Nature News ¡°Disgraced cloner Woo Suk Hwang attempts a comeback¡±.
  4. 2008-01-16 Nature News ¡°Stem cells: a national project¡±.
  5. 2008-01-17 Nature News ¡°Human embryos cloned from adult cells¡±.
  6. http://blog.sina.com.cn/im1 (in Chinese)
  7. 2008-03-05 Nature News ¡°Nobel prizewinner¡¯s paper retracted¡±.
  8. 2008-03-07 Nature News ¡°Stem-cell claim gets cold reception¡±.
  9. 2008-03-26 Nature News ¡°5 things to know before jumping on the iPS bandwagon¡±
  10. 2008-04-30 Nature News ¡°Stem cells: The 3-billion-dollar question¡±
  11. 2008-05-09 Nature News ¡°Chemistry: Designer debacle¡±
  12. 2009-04-22 Nature News ¡°Stem cells: fast and furious¡±