Protein prize up for grabs after retraction

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A retraction of a paper by a high-profile chemist has left a prize on the table in the protein-design field, and now, another scientist is poised to grab the limelight. On 1 February, Homme Hellinga and two former students retracted a June 2004 paper that had been lauded as a breakthrough in the field of protein design. A mistake in the experimental procedure meant that their conclusion wasn't valid

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