The Journal is publishing this expression of concern about an article in the August 1, 2007, issue (1) because of potential problems with the reliability of its data. The authors have informed us that, although the data appear to be accurate, they have uncertainty about the validity of the data described in Figure 7 because of irregularities in the procedures of a lab that generated those data.
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