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

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Directed Conversion of Alzheimer's Disease Patient Skin Fibroblasts Into Functional Neurons

Liang Qiang, Ryousuke Fujita, Toru Yamashita, Sergio Angulo et al.
Cell · published August 2011 · cited 197 times by other papers

Retracted Apr 10, 2014

Ethical Violations by AuthorFalsification/Fabrication of DataFalsification/Fabrication of Image

Where Wikipedia cites it

2011 in science187 views a month · open since Nov 5 · editors told
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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). Cell retracted this paper in 2014. The 2011 entry still presents skin-to-neuron conversion from this paper as a result.
Nov 5, 2026Note postedNote posted on the talk page of 2011 in science. See the note.

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