Science Retracts Discredited Paper; Bitter Patent Dispute Continues.

The article reports that "Science" retracted a July 1, 2005 report on a method termed "MAGIC" that was purported to identify drug targets by tracking proteins in live cells. An investigation by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the affiliation of the paper's authors, concluded that reported data were fabricated and undermined the paper's validity. The article also notes a related paper that had been retracted from the journal "Nature Chemical Biology." It also indicates that legal proceedings are ongoing regarding the intellectual property that underlies the MAGIC technology.