A 2014 paper in Science, "Mitosis Inhibits DNA Double-Strand Break Repair to Guard Against Telomere Fusions", is from the lab of Daniel Durocher, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto has been retracted after a December 2024 expression of concern raised "potential data integrity issues".

Meagan Phelan, a communications director for Science, said in an email Durocher and his colleagues are still evaluating the paper in cooperation with the Sinai Health Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. However, because of the scope and seriousness of the data and image irregularities as they’ve already uncovered them, the authors have decided to retract the paper now, which we commend them for and agree with.

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