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17 June 2020
Retraction 23 July 2020

Dietary RNA is ripe for investigation

Kenneth Witwer says that RNA in food could have profound effects on the human digestive system and on health more generally.

Kenneth Witwer⁰

Kenneth Witwer
1. Kenneth Witwer is a molecular biologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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In the mid-nineteenth century, German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach reviewed a monograph on the influence of food chemicals on the make-up and function of the body. In his essay, he asserted that food affects even cognition, coining the phrase: “you are what you eat”. To change the world, give people better food, he said.

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Nature 582, S9 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01766-y

This article is part of Nature Outlook: Extracellular RNA, an editorially independent supplement produced with the financial support of third parties. About this content.

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Retraction 23 July 2020: This article has been retracted at the author’s request. The sponsorship and full scope of the supplement were not made clear to him during the editing process. Nature Outlooks editorial guidelines and processes are being reviewed in light of this. We are grateful to the author for bringing this to our attention.

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