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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “2011 in science”

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Cardiac stem cells in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (SCIPIO): initial results of a randomised phase 1 trial

Roberto Bolli, Atul R Chugh, Domenico D'Amario, John H Loughran et al.
Lancet · published November 2011 · cited 1,114 times by other papers

Retracted Mar 14, 2019

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Nov 5, 2026FoundFound on 2011 in science: the citation is live and nothing near it mentions the retraction.
Nov 5, 2026ReviewedRead by hand (2011 in science). The Lancet retracted the SCIPIO trial report in 2019 after Harvard's investigation found unreliable data. The 2011 entry still presents it as a breakthrough.
Nov 5, 2026Note postedNote posted on the talk page of 2011 in science. See the note.

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