大家都知道到了,这3篇文章的第一作者,文章数据的关键贡献者,是一位华人学者。这些成果是他(她)在哈佛医学院在Linda 实验室(Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts)做博后研究时的成果(1997年-2002年)。2002年离开Linda 实验室到一个新的实验室(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)。到2009年8月份在德州大学神经和细胞生物学系任助理教授(University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston)。 Linda 新撤销的两篇文章是应Fred Hutchinson 癌症研究中心的要求进行核查的(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington)。由于不能重现关键结果,“失去了信心”,所以导致Linda撤稿(这次撤稿,Zou都没有签名同意)。
In the Report "Combinatorial Effects of Odorant Mixes in OlfactoryCortex" , we described subcellular patterns of Arc (arg3.1)mRNA expression in anterior piriform cortex neurons after micehad been exposed to odorants. We reported that some corticalneurons express Arc in response to a mix of two odorants butnot either odorant alone. My laboratory has been unable to reproducethis finding. I am therefore retracting the Report. I sincerelyapologize for any confusion that its publication may have caused.Zhihua Zou declined to sign this Retraction.
Linda B. Buck
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.