I, as a corresponding author, regret to withdraw the paper entitled “Protective effects of cultured and fermented ginseng extracts against scopolamine-induced memory loss in a mouse model”, which was published in the Laboratory Animal Research 2018; 34(1): 37-43.
The reason why I withdraw the paper is a controversy on intellectual property rights between JIBiopharm Inc. and Hoseo University. Actually, the published data were based on the results performed by Safety Evaluation Center, Hoseo University and the first author, Song-Hee Han, was mainly involved in the experiment and she used the data for publication in Laboratory Animal Research (LAR). Recently JIBiopharm Inc. insisted on the violation of Research and Service Agreement between Hoseo University and JIBiopharm Inc. and withdrawal of the published article in LAR. Therefore, we, including coauthors, politely request for withdrawal of the published article in LAR 34(1):37-43, 2018.
Beom Jun Lee, D.V.M., Ph.D.
College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University 1 Chungdaero (Gaesin-dong), Cheongju 28644, Korea. Tel: +82-43-261-3357, Mobile: +82-10-6282-6206 Fax: +82-43-271-3246, beomjun@cbu.ac.kr