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Published online 18 January 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060116-6

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Journals scolded for slack disclosure rules

Even high-profile papers may violate conflict-of-interest policies.

The fallout from the scandal surrounding Korean stem-cell research has sparked a call for journals to toughen up their financial disclosure policies.

The call follows Science's retraction of two papers based on work from the lab of Woo Suk Hwang, of Seoul National University in South Korea.

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