西方的評論更直接。

The country should rebuild the education system - 日本需要重新建立自己的教育體係。

http://www.ipscell.com/2014/04/obokata-news-conference-thoughts-questions-open-discussion/#comments

It was very unpleasant watch the press conference in many ways. I under the job of lawyers, but what they were doing was nothing helpful to solve anything behind the scene. They said the doubtful images in the Nature paper were not copied and pasted from her thesis, but never revealed whether they are. In addition, Obokata insisted that she has succeeded in observing the STAP “phenomena” more than 200 times. Even though she, a scientist, explained it herself, it was not clear at all what the “phenomena” mean. Simply GFP fluorescence? If she thinks that Oct4-GFP equals pluripotency and it helps the stem cell research and patients suffering waiting for new therapies as a scientist holding PhD, it would be a big problem.

Another worry is that a poll showed nearly 40% of people see the conference useful or satisfactory. The country should rebuild the education system.


For Obokata, the easiest way to make self-defence at news conference, is to show her original figures/results, which she claimed not beautiful enough for Nature. Apparently she did not have them… Personally, I don’t believe STAP cells really exist.