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ScienceLab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images

Reese Richardson, a Northwestern University postdoc, found that antibody companies used manipulated images to market their products, including edits that removed background noise and copied data to fabricate results. A broader search identified problematic images in marketing materials for more than 17,000 commercial antibodies.

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AArs Technica★★☆☆☆2026-08-25 16:16Original

Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images
Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated imagesScience